On the eve of the confirmation of rail fare increases for next year, rail union RMT has produced new research that shows that the policy of privatisation has bled £6.6 billion out of the industry since 1997 - with a forecast that a further £6.7 billion will be ripped off in the next ten years as the train operating companies are give a green light to print money by the McNulty Rail Review.
RAIL UNION RMT announced today that staff working for rail contractor Amey have voted overwhelmingly for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute with the company over pay and conditions.
RAIL UNION RMT today exposed the latest twist in the Bombardier train jobs scandal - revealing that the Department of Transport have refused to spend £600 on a Freedom of Information request that would have explained why the Thameslink Fleet contract is being shipped to Germany while at the same time blowing £15 million on consultants and advisers to oil the wheels of the stitch up.
RAIL UNION RMT today slammed news that First Transpennine Express have been awarded a franchise extension to 1st April 2015 - despite the fact that the company are still saying that they can only award their staff a de facto pay cut this year as they are in the final year of their contract.
MARITIME UNION RMT learnt last night that as part of the Scottish Ferries Review, the Scottish Government intend to break up the current Northern Ferries services, running Orkney and Shetland, in order to enable private companies to cherry-pick lucrative parts of the operation. The service across Pentland Firth has been identified as a first target as the tendering process kicks off with completion in June next year.
RAIL UNION RMT today repeated the call for the Government to halt the Thameslink fleet contract award after it revealed that preferred bidder Siemens don't have a tried, tested and compliant set of bogies (the framework carrying the wheels) in production.
RAIL UNION RMT today stepped up its campaign to secure a fair deal from Churchill Cleaners - the company with the contract on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
RAIL UNION RMT today welcomed the public support of Nigel Clough and Derby County Football Club for the fight to save Bombardier in Derby - the UK's last train builder which faces closure on the back of the decision in principle by the Government to award the Thameslink contract to German company Siemens.
RAIL UNION RMT today issued a fresh call for the Government to reverse the decision to award the Thameslink fleet contract to German company Siemens in preference to Bombardier in Derby as the union revealed that over £15 million of UK taxpayers money was spent on advisers engaged in the tendering process.
TAXI UNION RMT warned today that central London will be 'jammed solid' with unlicensed and uninsured rickshaws as we head towards the London Olympics with the authorities refusing to lift a finger to clampdown on the unregulated trade.