Detailed plans outlining the timescale and strategy for the renationalising of the East Coast Main Line following the collapse of the National Express franchise have now been received by rail union RMT.
BRITAIN'S biggest rail union RMT today dismissed the Association of Train-Operating Companies report on franchise reform as an 'insult' driven by greed.
Maritime union RMT today welcomed a European Commission decision which has deemed the public financing of ferry services in Scotland to be lawful.
THE COMBINATION of private-sector greed and £5 billion in transport cuts planned by London's mayor threaten to derail the Tube upgrades that are essential to the capital's economic future, the network's biggest union said today.
RAIL UNION RMT revealed today that Network Rail have threatened to sack their entire maintenance workforce of 13,000 and to re-employ a reduced number of workers on new terms and conditions in a bid to bulldoze through a multi-billion pound cuts package.
FORMER LABOUR Cabinet Minister Frank Dobson has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons in support of RMT cleaners working on the Eurostar contract at St Pancras International and their fight for pay and workplace justice.
SPECIALIST TRANSPORT union RMT today pledged its full support for the CWU postal workers in their fight for a secure future and decent pay and conditions and a delegation from the union, including General Secretary Bob Crow, will be joining the picket line at Mount Pleasant sorting office on Thursday (22nd October) at 4.30pm.
RAIL UNION RMT today announced a series of four 24 hour strikes by cleaners employed by the Carlisle Group on their Eurostar contract at St Pancras International in their fight for jobs and pay justice after the company failed to make any meaningful effort to resolve the dispute during extensive talks at arbitration service ACAS.
RAIL UNION RMT today called upon the government to intervene to end the on-going shambles of National Express rail operations and to set a clear timetable for renationalisation of the East Coast Mainline and the East Anglia and C2C franchises as a takeover bid for the company collapsed in disarray this morning triggering a 30% collapse in National Express's share price.
TUBE AND TfL union RMT today slammed confirmation from Mayor Boris Johnson that tube fares will increase by 3.9% from next year and bus fares by over 12% as 'dire news in the middle of a recession which will be deeply damaging to passenger numbers and revenue income.'