Britain’s biggest rail union, RMT, will be holding a press conference this Wednesday (13 May) at RMT Head Office to unveil the launch of a new political campaign aimed at securing the renationalisation of the crisis-torn East Coast line which is currently run under a franchise arrangement by debt-ridden National Express.
Members of RMT clashed on saturday with members of the BNP in Carlisle as they were out campaigning for for RMT-backed No2EU-Yes to Democracy left-wing coalition which is contesting seats across the UK in next months Euro elections.
MEMBERS OF Britain’s largest rail union, RMT, will be taking a protest over the dismissal of 40 Israeli Arab rail workers to the steps of the Israeli Embassy at 1pm on Monday 11th May.
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union, RMT, warned today of a meltdown on the rail network if the government fail to take decisive and urgent action to nationalise the East Coast line as debt-ridden franchise holder National Express lurches from crisis to crisis.
THE TUBE’S biggest union is to re-ballot nearly 10,000 members across London Underground and Transport for London for strike action in separate disputes centred on jobs, pay and breaches of disciplinary and attendance agreements.
RMT members working for Carlisle Cleaning Services at St Pancras International on Eurostar have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action short of a strike following the installation of finger printing machines to replace clocking on/clocking off machines.
RMT today called on the government to take urgent action to renationalise the East-Coast Line as reports suggested that the franchise holder, National Express, is looking to bail out of their current contract in favour of a fixed-fee management deal.
Workers from Tyne and Wear Metro will be joining RMT colleagues from around the country in a lobby of parliament today, Tuesday 5 May, as part of the union’s campaign for a People’s Railway and against planned job cuts and the private sector profiteering that is undermining the transport system.
As RMT rail engineering members at one of Network Rail’s key contractors, Jarvis, prepare to take industrial action next Tuesday May 5 2009 in response to plans by the company to axe 450 jobs, the union has sent out an eve of May Day pledge to defend jobs and services across the industry.
RMT ANNOUNCED today that around 1000 rail engineering members at one of Network Rail’s key contractors, Jarvis, will be taking industrial action on May 5 2009 in response to plans by the company to axe 450 jobs as union talks with Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon broke up with the government failing to give assurances on job cuts in the rail industry.