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RMT CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO USE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS BY TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
July 02 2009: Transport union RMT today called for a full National Audit Office investigation into the use of management consultants by Transport for London after new figures showed that over £15 million has been spent in one section alone, congestion charging and traffic enforcement, in the past two years. The union are also referring the matter to the Transport Committee of the GLA.
Renationalisation of East Coast Route
July 01 2009: Britain's biggest rail union RMT today welcomed the renationalisation of the East Coast route.more news
RMT - the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - is Britain's fastest growing trade union, representing more than 80,000 members in almost every sector of the transport industry, from mainline and underground rail to shipping and offshore, buses and road-freight.
The webcast of RMT's annual general meeting 2009 has now been archived.
Bob Crow joins Tony Benn, MPs and other public figures to launch The People's Charter - a new campaign calling for a fair deal for working people to emerge from the current economic crisis.
Keep Tyne and Wear Metro Public
The publicly-owned Tyne and Wear Metro is officially the best-performing rail operator in the UK.
However, the local Passenger Transport Authority intends to invite private-sector bids to operate passenger services and maintain infrastructure.
Seafarers Jobs
The United Kingdom is an island nation heavily dependent upon ships for our trade yet numbers of seafarers have declined dramatically in recent years.
A fair deal for rail cleaners!
Cleaners endure some of the worst conditions and lowest pay on the national rail network, London Underground and other urban rail systems.
