RMT TODAY suspended strike action on East Midlands Trains scheduled for this Friday, May 1 2009, to facilitate talks aimed at resolving the dispute through the government conciliation service ACAS.
Specialist transport union the RMT will be hitting main railway stations with a leafleting campaign on growing fears over safety and security this Tuesday (28 April 2009) as part of an international day of action to mark Workers Memorial Day.
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST specialist transport union RMT will join the other rail unions in talks with Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon tomorrow (28 April) over a growing crisis in the rail industry.
Britain’s specialist transport union the RMT today slammed recommendations from the head of one of the UK’s largest private bus and train operators that free travel for pensioners should be restricted on the ground of cost.
THE RMT announced today that members across East Midlands Trains, a subsidiary of Stagecoach, will strike for 24 hours on Friday 1st May in response to plans by the company to axe at least 162 jobs and its refusal to guarantee that there will be no compulsory redundancies.
RMT CONDUCTORS at three London Midland depots at Bletchley, Northampton and Watford will strike on consecutive Sundays from the 3rd May through to 21st June, their union announced today.
The RMT said today that the 24 hour strike on the Victoria Line, starting at 9pm this evening, is “rock solid†after management refused last minute talks to resolve the dispute over passenger door safety and the bullying and victimization of RMT members.
The Scottish TUC conference today unanimously backed an emergency motion from the RMT calling on the oil industry to “put safety before profit†in the wake of the Super Puma helicopter tragedy on the 1st April 2009 which claimed 16 lives, including two RMT members.
Workers on London Overground are to receive a 20% average increase in wages after the successful conclusion of negotiations with the RMT.
RMT train operators working out of the Seven Sisters depot, covering the Victoria Line, will be on strike from 21.00 hours Tuesday 21 April to 20.59 hours Wednesday 22 April in a dispute over the failure to install Correct Door Side Enabling Equipment and the continuing bullying, harassment and victimization of RMT members.