The latest news and events from the LRC's 'Action For Rail{/exp:xml_encode}' campaign. http://l-r-c.org.uk/ en-GB Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:42:02 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/rail-dispute-what-is-peter-wilkinson-up-to/ Rail Dispute; what is Peter Wilkinson up to? “Over the next three years we’re going to be having punch ups and we will see industrial action and I want your support,” Peter Wilkinson told residents in Croydon Town Hall last February, people who are also the hapless ‘customers’ of Southern Rail. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:00:45 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/southern-rail-fails/ Southern Rail Fails By Sussex LRC Readers may have heard reports of the chaos on Southern Rail.  Those on social media can try #SouthernFail or #GoViaNowhere which are among the most popular hashtags in use. Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:37:55 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/east-coast-main-line-outrage/ East Coast Main Line: Passengers and Taxpayers to be Looted by Private Sector Firms Mon, 05 May 2014 15:27:24 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/time-to-take-back-the-railways/ Time to Take Back the Railways The solution to rail misery: Letter to ‘Observer’ on May 4th from Labour Parliamentary Candidates Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:34:37 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/action-for-rail-national-demo-14aug12/ Union News video of the Action for Rail demo on 14 August 2012 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:39:50 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/rmt-network-rail-workers-lobby-mps-over-job-cuts/ Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, and John McDonnell MP, RMT Parliamentary Group Chair, interviewed about the campaign against Network Rail cuts Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:24:07 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/lrc-calls-for-full-and-permanent-public-ownership-of-rail/ The Government has today annuounced that it will take over the East Coast Mainline rail franchise vacated by National Express, which has failed to meet its contractual obligations for the franchise which it won in 2007. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:28:18 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/boris-keep-your-promise/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:30:35 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/london-mps-call-on-mayor-to-keep-london-living-wage-promise-for-tube-cleane/ London Labour MPs will today hand in a letter to Mayor Boris Johnson at City Hall, calling on him to fund the London Living Wage for all London Underground cleaners. MPs will also be tabling an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons demanding “urgent remedial action from the Mayor as Chair of Transport for London to improve cleaners’ working conditions”. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:59:08 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/rmt-cleaners-lobby-mayor-johnson/ John McDonnell MP attends the RMT cleaners demo outside City Hall, London to demand the London Living Wage for London Underground cleaners. The demo is being addressed by Jeremy Corbyn MP Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:34:47 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/bob-crow-on-london-underground-strike/