Workers on CrossCountry trains will take four consecutive Saturday strikes in a dispute over working conditions.
Tag: RMT
Taxpayers being used to fund rail dispute to the tune of £1bn – RMT
"The public is being ripped off not only to financially underwrite this dispute that could have been settled 18 months ago" - Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary.
Ticket office closures take away the safety and accessibility of public transport, support rail workers fighting back – Apsana Begum MP
Rail workers are fighting against ticket office closures, whole-scale de-staffing of stations and for the future of public transport - Apsana Begum MP
Cut Their Profits, Not Our Station Ticket Offices – Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Ticket offices are so much more than a place to buy tickets - from passenger safety to assisted travel they provide a central point of contact for the public, writes Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP.
RMT reacts to Crown Estate £443M profits
“These multimillion pound companies have money to spare ... but have failed miserably to ensure that the offshore workers are given a pay rise."
RMT set to strike for three further days of action in July
"The government continues to shackle the companies and will not allow them to put forward a package that can settle this dispute. Our members have now voted 3 times to take strike action over the last 12 month."
RMT call for investigation into government policy on railway ticket officers
"The government and rail companies are deliberately preventing ticket offices from selling cheaper rail tickets as part of a strategy for running down and eventually closing all ticket offices."
RMT calls for public ownership of buses after Government criticised in transport report
"It is clear ministers are more interested in protecting bumper profits made by bus companies, than protecting and providing a vital service to passengers" - Mick Lynch, RMT.
Network Rail members overwhelmingly vote to accept improved pay offer – RMT
"Strike action and the inspiring solidarity and determination of members has secured new money and a new offer which has been clearly accepted by our members."
RMT wins public ownership for Caledonian sleeper
"This decision should be a wake-up call to the Department for Transport in Westminster, to end its failed obsession with privatisation" - Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary