Union quits Labour over rival party links By MURDO MACLEOD, Scotsman.com
ONE of the UK’s biggest unions yesterday severed its links with the Labour party, ending an alliance that had lasted more than a century and signalling one of the biggest rifts in the movement for decades.
The Rail, Maritime & Transport Union (RMT) refused to back down in a row with Labour over allowing its branches to affiliate to other political parties, including the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).
Teamsters' Rail Victory in Canada Adds 2,800 Trainmen, Builds Unity PRNewswire, IBT
International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa today hailed an election victory that adds 2,800 trainmen to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference while preserving 1,700 engineers who were the target of a raid by another union.