Socialist Outlook

Socialist Viewpoint, International, Socialist Outlook and their supplements, 1984–2002

South West Trains halted by strike

Socialist Outlook no. 45, May 2001 · 124 words

Conference report

As a precursor to the national train crew dispute, guards rolling programme of strike days of action in defence of their agreed working conditions on May 3.

Picker lines outside denots across South West London Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset ensured that SWT was unable to run a service. Out of 1,700 daily services under Headlined as a dispute over red waistcoats, the guards are actually fighting against draconian sickness procedures, discriminatory promotion procedures and a refusal by management to seriously negotiate with the RMT on a number of other issues If SWT thought that this dispute would go away they have been proved wrong, RMT members huve shown and fight to defend their working conditions. starts on June 8. ment and his own

← RMT threatens new strikes to defend safety · MSF left must gear up for merger →

Something wrong on this page?