"The plan to close ticket and booking offices would be a travesty for disabled and elderly people who want to travel on the rail network."
Tag: Transport
First Group profits soar as bus workers lose out – RMT
Transport union RMT has slammed First South West for not settling the pay dispute with bus workers while parent company profits are soaring.
“We must all fight back” – Mel Taylor, TSSA, speaks out against London Transport Cuts
Attending the RMT's rally to save London's transport services, Mel Taylor joined speakers including US senator Bernie Sanders to speak out against deliberate under-funding and cuts.
Rail strikes: how the Conservative government is blocking a negotiated resolution
"For the rail firms, it is like negotiating with a brick wall – and Grant Shapps is the mason who built it. To the public, this brick wall is invisible. And Grant Shapps would prefer that nobody knows it exists."
TSSA calls for public transport fares to be slashed – let’s all do the same!
"Investing in our public transport is part of the solution to the problem, we are already in a crisis and we must act now" - a call for investment to tackle the climate and the cost of living crises.
‘One law for bosses and one for the rest of us’
“If Grant Shapps had his way we would all still be in the workhouse. His intervention is just the latest in a growing list of political attacks on trade unions and the most fundamental rights held by working people" - Sharon Graham, Unite
Have your say – Oppose TfL’s London Bus cuts
London is currently facing the biggest bus cuts in decades. TFL is consulting on plans to cut and shorten dozens of routes. Unite the Union is calling for action to oppose the cuts.
Why Climate Campaigners should support the Rail Workers
The RMT are quite clear about their vision for the future. "We want a transport system that operates for the interests of the people, for the needs of society, and our environment - not for private profit."