Author: RMT press releases

RMT members in cleaning grades on Avanti West Coast services will take 24 hours of strike action this Friday in a row over low wages and sick pay.

RMT members at Orsted Energy in Barrow upon Furness and Birkenhead will take two 48 hour stoppages in a row over pay.

Railway workers on Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will take strike action on October 1st in a row over job security, pay and working conditions.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said:

Rail union RMT has written to the new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP urging her to take a new approach to the rail dispute.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "Liz Truss should act in the national interest and play a positive role in helping to settle the rail dispute.

Maritime union RMT today paid tribute to the vital work of seafarers as part of Merchant Navy Day.

Railway workers will walkout across the country on 15th and 17th September in a fight over jobs, pay and working conditions.

A funding deal struck by TfL and ministers will attack tube workers’ pay and pensions and will lead to further strike action, RMT have warned today.

More than 600 Labour councillors have declared their full backing for all rail, postal, dock and other workers on picket lines.