London Underground workers on the District and Northern lines will begin a 24 hour strike on August 22nd.
The Northern Line workers are demanding the re-instatement of Jerome Bowes, a Customer Service Advisor at Elephant & Castle who was fired after defending himself when attacked whilst on duty on New Years Eve. Bowes had broken up an fight between two men, but was punched in the back by one of the men as he walked away. He broke a bone in his wrist when striking back. Despite there being no complaint or police action against him, and despite witnesses stating that Bowes was in the right, London Underground Limited still saw fit to sack him.
The RMT East Ham group is striking against the unfair firing of Sara Hutchins. A mass meeting about the action and on how to step up the fight against management bullying will take place at the Friends Meeting House on the 19th August.
Tube workers are also being balloted over the sacking of Mo Makboul, who was fired after allegedly swearing at a customer, who then later stated that he didn't. CCTV evidence supported Mo, and despite the contradiction, he was still dismissed.
The strikers complain of harassment and bullying throughout the network, especially over sickness, and the cite the sacking as examples of management intimidation of workers.
Tube workers stuck in solidarity with Bowes last month. As if to underline their case, the RMT picket was attacked by a man who shouted "you never stick up for white people, do you?", before punching a picketer in the face and attacking another with a traffic cone.
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The Northern Line workers are demanding the re-instatement of Jerome Bowes, a Customer Service Advisor at Elephant & Castle who was fired after defending himself when attacked whilst on duty on New Years Eve. Bowes had broken up an fight between two men, but was punched in the back by one of the men as he walked away. He broke a bone in his wrist when striking back. Despite there being no complaint or police action against him, and despite witnesses stating that Bowes was in the right, London Underground Limited still saw fit to sack him.
The RMT East Ham group is striking against the unfair firing of Sara Hutchins. A mass meeting about the action and on how to step up the fight against management bullying will take place at the Friends Meeting House on the 19th August.
Tube workers are also being balloted over the sacking of Mo Makboul, who was fired after allegedly swearing at a customer, who then later stated that he didn't. CCTV evidence supported Mo, and despite the contradiction, he was still dismissed.
The strikers complain of harassment and bullying throughout the network, especially over sickness, and the cite the sacking as examples of management intimidation of workers.
Tube workers stuck in solidarity with Bowes last month. As if to underline their case, the RMT picket was attacked by a man who shouted "you never stick up for white people, do you?", before punching a picketer in the face and attacking another with a traffic cone.
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20.08.2008 07:24
Same politics better research.
Don
And again
20.08.2008 07:26
Sarah
...except the strike didn't happen.
20.08.2008 13:30
Any explanation why, after the sabre-rattling, the strike was called off today?
Norville B
fly posters
24.08.2008 02:31
Same politics better research."
_ I like a leftwing party that's humble, not full of itself, not glib in any way.
where do I sign up?
Faker
researchers
24.08.2008 02:45
So the SWP has all the expert researchers then? wicked! us workers with similar (not the same) politics as you, need researchers like you to act on our behalf, after all, we're just uneducated workers. Thanks!
worker