FOLLOWING the government's decision to kick Railtrack out of the running for the subsurace infrastructure company, ine Campaign Against Tube Privatisation is to tur the spotlight on to the short-listed ture companies. Railtrack was kicked out because it had of profit at the expense of senice standards and safety. are similar: big salaries for fat cats, low wages for workers, scandalous safety companies and take action against them.
We want to give the government no choice but to dump them the same way that it has had to dump Railtrack.
• Tell us what you know about these companies. Perhaps you or a friend works time digging around sources such as public records, news archives, the Internet.
• Once we've compiled the information, help us to expose the profiteers. arrange visits to each company, to chal once their fitness to run the Tube's infrastructure. We could organise press stunts, or set dates for mass phoning. ings to the new Transport Minister, Gus Macdonald.
• Suggest other campaigning ideas. Perhaps we could persuade Mark Thomas panies. Maybe you have more ideas... So who are these companies? The consortium Link is made up of: Mowlam & co Fluor Danie Alcatel Telecom Anglia Water Bombadier Pro Rai The consortium Metronet is made up of: Balfour Beatty WS Atkins Thames Water Seeboard The consortium New Metro Group is made up of: reported that they have pulled out) Gibb Mott McDonald The consortium TubeRail is made up of: Aistom Transportation Projects Amec Carillion The consortium Tube Lines is made up Bechtel Halcro Amey Please e-mail any ideas to [email protected], or phone 0181 981 8065. - Connex drivers being the latest example of a series of small scale (but growing) • The London Socialist Alliance T