THE EXTREME weather that has played havoc with Britain’s transport system has underlined the failings of a fragmented rail network and the folly of the long-term reduction in the number of front-line staff, the country’s biggest rail union said today.
POWER WORKERS responsible for finding and fixing faults on the London Tube’s power supply will begin the first of six new overnight strikes at 19:59 on Sunday (February 1) after employer EDF Energy Powerlink again failed to deliver pay parity with non-shift colleagues.
MORE THAN 2,200 members of Britain’s biggest rail union at Northern Rail are to be balloted for strike action over a “comprehensive breakdown†in industrial relations.
A STRIKE by members of Britain’s biggest rail union working in the control room of the Docklands Light Railway has been suspended after the company agreed to leave existing roster and leave arrangements in place pending the outcome of further talks.
ANY THREAT of forced redundancies of RMT members at TfL and London Underground will be resisted, the capital’s biggest tube and rail union said today.
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union has welcomed an inquiry to be held by MPs into the recent round of above-inflation rail fares increases and the implications of the recession on rail operations.
COMMUTERS ARRIVING at London’s King’s Cross station tomorrow (Wednesday) will be met by members of Britain’s biggest rail union urging them to object to plans by First Capital Connect to slash opening hours of its ticket offices.