Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

Tube drivers on £72,000 ‘can’t afford to buy a house in London', says RMT boss

Union leader Eddie Dempsey says a £72,000 salary is “not out of this world” given London’s house prices

Evening Standard

Limited tube services resume as strikes disrupt London for third day

Central, Northern and District lines partly running as RMT presses Sadiq Khan for talks over shorter working week

The Guardian - UK

Tube strike latest: RMT union boss calls for summit with Sadiq Khan to end walkouts

Eddie Dempsey in fresh call to Mayor of London for talks to find a resolution to the industrial action devastating London Underground services

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Tube drivers’ £72,000 salary not enough to buy house in London, union boss says

Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary, says he makes ‘no apology for fighting hard for our members’

The Independent UK

Tube strike misery to continue as RMT boss warns of ‘total collapse in industrial relations’

Sadiq Khan and Downing Street demand TfL and RMT get back to the negotiating table to end walkout

Evening Standard

Tube strike breakthrough: TfL opens Northern line as RMT chief Eddie Dempsey blasts Sadiq Khan

Union boss demands that London mayor invites him to negotiating table: ‘I don’t give a monkey’s if it’s a pool table, a billiards table or a dinner table’

Evening Standard

Collapse in industrial relations on the Tube, says RMT

Tube strike causes travel chaos again on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and hours.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

RMT strikes expected to bring London tube to a halt for four days

Buses and trains likely to be overcrowded as union members take action in row over pay and 32-hour week

The Guardian - UK

Tube strike set to deliver £230m blow to London economy was backed by just 57% of RMT members

6,004 union members voted in favour of industrial action before hearing about 3.4% pay rise — while 4,196 did not bother to vote

Evening Standard

OPINION - Londoners have no tears left to shed for Tube workers

London has stopped working. In a succession of synchronised strikes by different groups of Tube workers, the Underground has effectively come to a standstill from Monday to Thursday, which actually means Sunday to Friday, given the knockon effects on trains. And when the Tube stops working, London stops working. Simple…

Evening Standard

Everything you need to know about Eddie Dempsey, new RMT boss and 'proud south Londoner'

New RMT boss Eddie Dempsey is just as bolshy and matter-of-fact as his predecessor, Mick Lynch. Here’s what you need to know about the south London-born trade union boss

Evening Standard

UK Bank Holidays Derailed: CrossCountry Strike Leaves Travellers Stranded

Limited services on 24-25 Aug, with £500,000 economic hit. Pay dispute fuels debate as passengers face holiday travel chaos

International Business Times UK

London Underground Tube strikes: When are they and which lines are affected?

Everything you need to know about the walkouts, from the lines affected to the best ways to get to the airport

The Independent UK

British Transport Police warned cuts will endanger railway staff

The RMT union has warned that proposed cuts to the British Transport Police (BTP) would seriously endanger the safety of railway staff. The BTP is reportedly facing an £8.5 million funding shortfall this year, potentially leading to the closure of 13 police stations and the loss of hundreds of posts.…

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Revealed: More than 60 Tube staff 'at risk of being deported' after Government changes immigration rules

EXCLUSIVE: Foreign workers who came to London to work for TfL could lose jobs and be forced to leave country, RMT union warns

Evening Standard

RMT warns any raise to state pension age will be met with direct action

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey described any raise to the pension age as not ‘just cruel and unnecessary, it’s a slap in the face’.

Evening Standard

Tube drivers reject TfL four-day week offer as threat of strikes grows

Members of the RMT union voted against the plans, claiming an extra day off could ‘significantly impact’ the working lives of staff

The Independent UK

Union highlights claims of staff shortages at railway ticket offices

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT ) said there was understaffing at a number of stations on the West Coast mainline served by Avanti.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

New RMT leader Eddie Dempsey to celebrate by playing bingo at local social club

Mr Dempsey has been an RMT member for 20 years.

Evening Standard

New leader of the RMT promises ‘business as usual’ for the union

Eddie Dempsey is taking over from Mick Lynch, who is retiring.

The Guardian - UK

Urgent question on railways chaos sends the Tories running for the hills

As frustration builds over failing services, the government accepted something must be done. They just don’t know what

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail and CWU trade accusations as strike turns increasingly bitter

Union says bosses ‘goading’ workers while managers demand CWU intervenes to end picket line ‘intimidation’

Wales Online

Fears over Christmas strikes as rail union threatens to 'get creative'

Industrial action could be set to continue throughout autumn and into winter

Daily Mirror

Two rail strikes will happen in one week as workers walk out on July 27 and 30

A walkout on July 30 by train drivers from Aslef will happen three days after separate strikes by the RMT union over pay, conditions and job cuts - leading to serious disruption duringthe Commonwealth Games

Wales Online

New rail strike announced across 14 operators later this month

The RMT union will stage another 24-hour walkout on Wednesday 27 July

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

British Transport Police

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.