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RMT members launched the first strike ballot in March this year (Pic: » Guy Smallman)
by Matthew Cookson
Thousands of tube workers in the RMT transport union brought the London Underground system to a halt from 7pm on Tuesday with a 48-hour strike over pay, job cuts and management bullying.
Their dispute is crucial in the war to stop bosses and the government making ordinary people pay for the a crisis created by those at the top of society.
Everyone should back the tube workers’ fight. London Underground is cutting 1,000 jobs while Transport for London could slash 3,000 jobs. Neither company has ruled out compulsory redundancies, which would break an agreement with the RMT and Aslef unions.
Overwhelming
The London Underground and Transport for London workers voted overwhelmingly for strikes in a reballot triggered by management’s legal challenge to a successful strike ballot.
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