OFFSHORE ENERGY union RMT today slammed the major subsea engineering and construction company Subsea 7 for engaging in a “race to the bottom†on pay and conditions through the hiring of cheap, overseas labour which has put jobs and conditions in the North Sea field under threat.
ON THE tenth anniversary of the Paddington rail crash, transport union RMT has called upon the government to mark the date by intervening to stop planned cuts in Network Rail maintenance which have put 2500 jobs, nearly 20% of the workforce, at risk.
RAIL UNION RMT today called for plans to privatise the Tyne and Wear Metro to be scrapped after it emerged at the weekend that only one private company – the German-owned DB Regio – has been shortlisted to take over the service in April next year.
RAIL UNION RMT will begin re-balloting on-train catering staff on Virgin Trains tomorrow (Friday 2nd October) for strike action and action short of strike action over the imposition of new working arrangements that disrupt existing rosters and increase the average working day.
RAIL UNION RMT today launched a confidential email hotline for members amid growing concerns over planned maintenance cuts by Network Rail which have put over 2500 – nearly 20% of the total workforce – at risk.
RAIL UNION RMT today welcomed an announcement by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis that the East Coast Main Line franchise, currently run by National Express, will be renationalised this autumn for longer than originally expected but have called on the government to set a firm timetable for bringing the prestige route under public ownership on a permanent basis.
RAIL UNION RMT today confirmed a further six days of strike action by Eurostar cleaners working at St Pancras International for contractors the Carlisle Group in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay, the introduction of routine staff fingerprinting, redundancies and the victimisation and harassment of RMT union reps.
RAIL UNION RMT today announced that control room staff employed by Serco on the Docklands Light Railway will take 48 hours of strike action from 12.40 hours on Wednesday 30th September through to 12.39 hours on Friday 2nd October.
TUBE UNION RMT announced today that staff on London Underground’s Victoria Line will stage a 24 hour strike from 21.30 hours on Monday 5th October to 21.29 hours on Tuesday 6th October in a dispute over the imposition of new rosters that significantly increase the workload on staff.
RAIL UNION RMT today called for an urgent meeting with Transport Secretary Lord Adonis to press the case for an immediate government intervention in a bitter dispute between Eurostar cleaners at St Pancras International and the private cleaning company the Carlisle Group.