On the way into work this morning I stopped by to support the tube workers on strike for 48 hours in protest at management bullying. The RMT deserves the support of those involved in the Palestinian solidarity movement as it is one of the more political unions and plays a key role in issues of social justice, as you can see from the banner pictured above. Bob Crow points out (although you won't read this in the anti-worker Evening Standard) that they had a deal last night with the managers but then they changed their mind, presumably after instruction from Tory rich boy and mayor Boris Johnson. The bosses returned to the negotiating room and ripped up their previous agreement. Boris and the Tories see the tube workers as their miners - that's to say they want to crush a well-organised group of workers as a prelude to hammering the public sector unions in general - with the aim of making the workers pay for the bankers crisis. The strike is solid so not much call for anything mo...

Protesters from the United Campaign Against Police Violence (UCAPV)leafleted Millwall on Saturday, and were joined by the family of Sean Rigg who died in police custody. Bob Crow, the general secretary of the RMT trade union, also gave a hand. Campaigners received a warm reception from Millwall fans. Bob Crow took a banner advertising the national demonstration on 23 May into the stadium. On Saturday members and supporters of the UCAPV, including Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT, went to The Den, homeground of Millwall FC, to give out leaflets about the campaign and forthcoming events. Ian Tomlinson was a big Millwall fan, as is Bob Crow, and the support for the campaign was immense. We got rid of well over 1,000 leaflets within half an hour, with many Millwall fans coming back for more. The press were in attendance too with Bob being interviewed for both Channel 4 News and The Times. In fact, the only people who weren't happy to see us were a few shifty Met officers pacing a...

I passed this picket line on the way to work this morning and promised the workers I would blog their story. So here it is... Train drivers on the Victoria Line of the London Undergound have walked out on strike after one of their colleagues was sacked for opening the doors on the wrong side of the train. The union has been pressing the company for some time to install fail-safe devices to prevent just this eventuality but they have refused to do so and are now scapegoating a worker to cover up their total disregard for the safety of passengers. The morning barbeque looked nice Every other line on the underground has a device called a Correct Side Door Enabler to prevent the wrong door being opened. The Victoria line has now been closed down by the action which is 100% solid and deserves your support. The workers and their union, the Rail Martime and Transport Union is fighting for the reinstatement of Carl Campbell. The RMT is a union that has been at the forefront of fighting for soc...