Transport union RMT said today that forty eight hours of strike action on London's Serco Barclays Boris Bikes, which began last night, is rock solid this morning with pickets out in force at the HQ in Penton St and at Waterloo.
RAIL UNION RMT said today that a surge in personal thefts and acts of violence on Britain's railways, just revealed by the British Transport Police and rail chiefs, is directly linked to the Government's attack on station and train staffing numbers and is set to worsen if the recommendations of the McNulty Rail Review are not reversed.
Following a massive 'yes' vote in an RMT ballot for industrial action in response to a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations between East Midlands Trains and the union, RMT today confirmed a programme of measures:
TRANSPORT CLEANERS on the Tyne and Wear Metro kick off two weeks of strike action tonight, the eve of the Durham Miners Gala, in an all-out fight for pay justice for some of the lowest paid workers in the UK transport industry.
RAIL UNION RMT revealed today that it has been officially notified of a rescue plan to bring in the publicly owned Directly Operated Railways to run the major Great Western franchise between London, Wales and the South West, fuelling speculation that talks on a contract extension with First Group, due to be announced in the next few weeks, are in trouble.
RMT response to ORR two billion cuts plan at Network Rail. General Secretary Bob Crow said
Transport union RMT announced today that it is backing a 'Bury Thatcherism - Join a Union' initiative which will officially launch next Wednesday, the day of the former Prime Ministers funeral.
RAIL UNION RMT warned today that the tendering for the new Greater Western franchise, now underway and due to operate from April 2013, is being conducted under the terms of the Sir Roy McNulty Rail Review before the Government have even taken it through the parliamentary process, with dire consequences for both jobs and passenger services.
RAIL MARITIME AND TRANSPORT union RMT confirmed this morning that Bob Crow has been re-elected unopposed for a further five year term as General Secretary.
TUBE UNION RMT today launched a campaign for the reinstatement of tube driver James Masango who, despite winning by 100% an Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal, has still not been re-engaged by London Underground.