After a long dispute involving sustained industrial action, Unite Go North East bus members have secured a significant pay victory.
Tag: Transport
Week-long industrial action for fair pay across 16 train operators – ASLEF
ASLEF Train drivers at 16 train operating companies began a week of industrial action on Friday 1 December in a long-running dispute over fair pay for staff.
Survey of women transport workers shows unacceptable level of sexual harrasment – RMT
Four out of ten female public transport workers said they had been sexually harassed at work in the last year.
The RMT welcomes resounding victory against ticket office closures
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that it was a resounding victory for the union’s campaign and a win for passengers, community groups and rail workers alike.
Arriva sold to Cayman Islands registered company – RMT
"This sale of Arriva to a tax haven registered company underscores what a perverse and corrupt system rail privatisation is in this country" - Mick Lynch, RMT.
Railway ticket office proposals should be dropped – Margaret Greenwood MP
Margaret Greenwood writes that proposals to close or reduce train station ticket offices ignores the needs of passengers and puts jobs at risk.
RMT welcomes unprecedented response to ticket office closure consultation
"The drive to close ticket offices in the name of profits is clearly a political decision of this out-of-touch Tory government" - Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary.
The TSSA raises safety fears over ticket office closures
"We will not accept a situation in which our members are put at risk because of the Conservative government’s cost cutting measures."
RMT to march on parliament to save ticket offices
The RMT will be marching on Downing Street on August 31st to protest against ticket office closures.
CrossCountry rail staff take strike action – RMT
Workers on CrossCountry trains will take four consecutive Saturday strikes in a dispute over working conditions.