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In 2014, the current ScotRail franchise comes to an end and there will also be a new funding period for Network Rail in Scotland. Click image for further details.
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RMT slams “unprecedented reward for failure” as National Express is handed gold-plated extension to C2C franchise
May 17 2013: RAIL UNION RMT today slammed the “unprecedented reward for failure” as National Express, the company that threw back the keys on the East Coast leaving a main rail artery in chaos, were granted a gold plated extension to their C2C franchise, the first of a series of win-win deals for rail companies set to be stitched up after the West Coast mainline fiasco.
S Stock tube drivers on Hammersmith and City and Circle lines to take action over attack on working conditions
May 17 2013: TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that driver members at a range of depots serving the Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle Lines will be taking industrial action in a dispute arising from the introduction of the new S Stock fleet.
Rail union RMT prepares to ballot for action over “undignified and degrading” Virgin rail staff uniforms
May 16 2013: Rail union RMT said today that it is preparing to ballot for industrial action on Virgin Trains as staff continue to react with fury to plans to introduce skimpy, revealing and ill-fitting uniforms that union members have branded as degrading.
Rail union RMT exposes government lies in bid to re-privatise the East Coast Mainline in a move which will cost the public hundreds of millions of pounds
May 15 2013: Rail union RMT today accused the government of firing off a “barrage of lies” in a desperate attempt to justify the reprivatisation of the East Coast Mainline – a move which the union says will cost the British taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds in lost revenue payments.more news
S Stock Issues - London Underground
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Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service 2012 – Churchills (Tyne & Wear Metro) Industrial Action Suspended
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RMT/Community - TUC Disputes Committee Award
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Ballot Results
An archive of RMT strike ballot results (beginning in May 2010). Click heading to view results.
Moved or changed job?
Moved or changed job? It is imperative that RMT members who have changed their place of work, job title, home address and contact details inform head office of their new situation. Click heading for further info.
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Transport 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.
It is imperative that RMT members who have changed their place of work, job title, home address and contact details inform head office of their new situation.
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Friday 24th May
From 21.00 hours, the Union’s membership database will be moved. As a result, a number of membership services on the RMT website will be unavailable until Sunday 26th May, including join online, the RMT members’ area, access to members’ credit union details online, the viewing of RMTv webcasts and Branch Secretary’s access to the branch membership records. Due to limited access to the membership database, the RMT Helpline will be closed on Saturday 25th May.
The Modern Records Centre at Warwick has recently put together an online exhibition to mark the NUR’s centenary.
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New RMT recruitment booklets available by emailing org.unit@rmt.org.uk
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Government Review of the Railways
The Government is conducting a number of reviews that could have a highly detrimental impact on Britain's railways. RMT is ready to fight back.
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.
