Report: Avanti West Coast Accidentally Asked Way Too Many People to Help Undermine a Strike
Polly Smythe
The beleaguered company tried asking office staff to help run its train service, but accidentally emailed front line staff as well.
Tag: rmt
Report: Government Accused of ‘Cover Up’ of Its Deal With One of Britain’s Worst Train Companies
Polly Smythe
Exclusive: The department for transport has refused a request to publish the terms of service for Avanti West Coast, claiming it would cause 'misinterpretation and confusion'.
Report: Avanti West Coast Launches ‘Vendetta’ Against Staff After Executives Joked About ‘Free Money’
Polly Smythe
Exclusive: The train operator apologised after Novara Media’s revelations caused a political storm. But behind closed doors, bosses were more concerned about stopping information getting out in future.
Report: ‘Free Money’: Executives at Failing Train Company Joke About Making Money at the Taxpayer’s Expense
Polly Smythe
Exclusive: An internal presentation seen by Novara Media shows how managers for one of Britain’s worst train companies joked that taxpayers' money is ‘too good to be true’.
Report: Free Travel Is Being Used to Make Outsourced Transport Staff Work Harder
Polly Smythe
The measure which was supposed to ‘ease the pressure’ on low paid workers is actually making their lives harder.
Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government
Polly Smythe
This year’s Trades Union Congress took place in anticipation of the end of Tory rule. Novara Media's labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe sends a dispatch from Liverpool.
Opinion: Finnish Trains Are What the UK Could Have If It Gave a Shit
Rivkah Brown
A playground carriage, an entire pub, cheap tickets – Nordic trains are an advert for nationalisation, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Mick Lynch Asks Unions to Step Up to Defy Anti-Strike Legislation
Polly Smythe
The TUC has voted not to comply with minimum service levels, but how far unions will go remains to be seen. Polly Smythe reports from TUC congress.
Report: Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs
Polly Smythe
The RMT and TSSA have vowed to challenge the decision to withhold bonuses for workers who took strike action.
Opinion: When Will We Start Fighting For Our Trains?
Moya Lothian-McLean
The government’s attack on our railways offers a huge opportunity for the left to fight for proper nationalisation, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
Opinion: What Are Working People Supposed to Wear?
Chal Ravens
When you tell someone they shouldn’t wear a nice, warm, moderately expensive coat to a picket line, what you’re really saying is that nothing can improve and everyone must suffer. We must resist this stupidity, argues Chal Ravens.
Interview: They Want Everyone to Be a Deliveroo Worker | Interview With Mick Lynch
Mick Lynch explains the details of the RMT’s dispute, Malcolm X’s insights into government negotiations and why Keir Starmer needs to tackle the scourge of outsourcing for all our sakes. Reporting by Polly Smythe
Novara Live: Channel Crossing Deaths; Qatar Gift Corruption; Mick Lynch Exclusive
Four tragic migrant deaths in the Channel, a Qatar corruption scandal and the London Fire Brigade in ‘special measures’. Plus an exclusive interview with one Mr Mick Lynch of the RMT union. With Moya Lothian-McLean, Aaron Bastani and Polly Smythe
Report: Mick Lynch: ‘Corruption’ is to Blame for Lack of Progress in Rail Dispute
Simon Childs
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch described the most recent offer to railway workers as like being slapped around the face with a fish.
Labour Vs the Unions
Is a stand-off between the trade unions and the party they founded now inevitable? With Michael Walker, Zarah Sultana, Mick Lynch and John McTernan.
Report: Were Unions Right to Cancel Strikes to Respect the Queen? We Asked Members
Polly Smythe
The strike wave has been put on pause in order to respect the Queen. Not all trade unionists are happy about it, reports Polly Smythe.
Report: Here Are the Strikes That Will Be Keeping Liz Truss up at Night
Polly Smythe
Thatcher reincarnate wants to annihilate trade unions. Unfortunately for her, the fightback is just getting started.
Explainers: Why Postal Workers Are Going on Strike
While company management are paid in the millions, and receive bonuses for failure, postal workers at Royal Mail are being treated like mud. Today they are going on strike. Aaron Bastani explains the reasons behind the strike – and how bosses at the top are out of control.