THE case of a London Underground worker being charged under anti-union laws was described yesterday as an attempt to “score a point against the RMT.”
Mark Harding, a train driver and transport union branch secretary attended the City of London Magistrates’ Court for a hearing, his second since being arrested in February while on the picket line during the Tube strike.
Mr Harding was being charged with “compelling” an incident cover supervisor not to go to work on a day of strike.
The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week. He also explains why he couldn’t give it
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves



