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President-elect of the National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers ALEX GORDON on why workers face the struggle of a generation

AS Boris Johnson’s crony regime descends into a vortex of chaotic self-destruction, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has issued a warning to transport workers that the Tory government is using the Covid crisis as a smokescreen to launch a multifaceted attack on working people. 

On successive weekends before Christmas, RMT train drivers employed by London Underground (LU) defended their collective agreements and working arrangements by taking strike action to protect their work-life balance. 

Our members across LU will soon be voting to defend their pension scheme from a smash-and-grab raid by the London mayor at the behest of the Treasury. 

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