Author: RMT press releases

Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss has said she will further attack trade union rights by if she becomes Prime Minister.

Tube workers will take strike action in an ongoing dispute over pensions and jobs on August 19.

There are reports based on anonymous briefings from the rail industry to the right-wing media that are wholly inaccurate regarding negotiations in this dispute.

List of picket locations for Wednesday July 27, 2022.

RAIL UNION RMT will attempt to stop the closure of all ticket offices on the railway network with a mass campaign across the country.

Over 40,000 workers across Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will walkout next Wednesday, (27 July) after no breakthrough in talks.

SEAFARERS Union RMT today reacted with shock at the news that the Government has signed a contract with P&O Ferries, who sacked nearly 800 UK resident seafarers in March and immediately replaced them with agency crew, some on pay below the National Minimum Wage and required to work for months at sea.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "With the hottest day in Britain’s history causing havoc on our railways, it is more important than ever that the government reverses its £2bn cut from the industry.

Cleaners on GTR, Network Rail, HS1 and South East Trains are back on the picket lines today on the final day of a three day strike over pay.

RMT members welcomed the pay deal following intense negotiations at the rail company.