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RMT calls for investigation and halt to cuts after another overhead failure on West Coast Mainline
February 08 2010: BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union today called for an investigation into Network Rail’s maintenance failings on the West Coast Mainline after the latest in a series of overhead line failures put a stop to train services in both directions.

Staff pass vote of no confidence in Eurostar bosses over winter disruption
February 04 2010: MEMBERS OF rail union RMT working for Eurostar have passed a vote of no confidence in the company’s senior management and have demanded assurances on the safe running of the service following the breakdowns between 18th and 22nd December 2009.more news

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Eighth annual RMT Garden Party for Cuba
Tuesday June 22, Maritime House, Clapham, London. Click heading for more details.

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Welcome to RMT - 
Britain's fastest growing trade union

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.


CUTS COST LIVES!
Major RMT speaking tour in February

RMT lobby at parliament

Leading RMT officials are addressing meetings throughout the country over the coming weeks to explain what Network Rail cuts will mean for YOU.


NEW from RMT
a FREE popular history of the union

Pulling Together

Pulling Together provides an engaging and colourfully illustrated history of RMT.


Wales signallers’ strike solid

RMT signallers in South Wales have embarked on six days of strike action.

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.