Unite

Puddle-busting, cloudburst-dodging, brolly-brandishing, damp-steaming weekend news. But let’s not talk about the weather.

Latest in saga over extra cash for transport workers.

Union leader Len McClusky has warned of the possibility of major strikes during this summer’s games.

Image / zefrog On the Doomsday clock that heralds a December tube strike, we’re just a few minutes before midnight: the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), which represents ticket office workers and management and is just about the only union still on speaking terms with …

Image by kayodeok TfL has announced that they are offering refunds to anybody affected in last month’s 48-hour tube strike, reversing their earlier decision to point the finger at the RMT. There’s a caveat, though: thelondonpaper reckons that applicants for the ‘goodwill payment’ must prove …

While not normally the shy and retiring types, London’s cab drivers tend to maintain a fairly low profile on matters to do with their trade, keeping things in-house. But on Thursday this week, a ‘drive-in’ protest will take place in Trafalgar Square . Organised by …

As we warned earlier in the week, today is another bus strike Friday. This time it’s Metroline and First drivers affecting 160 bus routes mainly across north-east and west London. For a full list of routes affected visit TFL’s website. They’re striking over pay again, …

Of the industrial variety that is. The District and Bakerloo lines may be a teensy bit affected today by two different disputes involving RMT members and something about sacked colleagues. Yawn. Meanwhile, on the buses, Unite says that its members are to strike on the …

There’s harrumphing at Harrods today as Al Fayed caused internal divisions granting shop floor staff an extra 2 days holiday but forgetting about all his backroom employees. Which is unfortunate, really, because on the website’s career pages, the behind the scenes workers are first up …

Unite lived up to its name today, presenting demands on behalf of bus drivers across the capital for a standard wage and agreement on driving hours to address considerable disparities across operators. This is their first coordinated claim since privatisation in the 80s. Drivers working …