September 2 2010 Talks at conciliation service ACAS got underway today as 10,000 members of London Underground’s two biggest unions begin final preparations for a rolling series of strikes starting on Monday September 6 against plans to axe 800 station and other staff and close ticket-offices. RMT said this morning that there can be no compromise on tube safety and safe staffing levels.
September 2 2010 Talks at conciliation service ACAS broke up today following a failure on the part of London Underground to remove the threat of cuts to safety and safe staffing levels that would have allowed meaningful discussions to take place.
August 26 2010 THE CRUCIAL role played by the conductor of a train derailed in a level-crossing collision on the Marks Tey-Sudbury line in Suffolk last week has underlined the importance of safety-trained guards, Britain’s biggest rail union says today.
August 26 2010 NEARLY 200 Alstom-Metro train-maintenance workers at depots on London Underground’s Jubilee and Northern lines are to strike over pay and conditions after voting by more than seven to one for action and to reject an “insulting” sub-inflation pay offer.
August 25 2010 SOME 10,000 members London Underground’s two biggest unions will begin a rolling series of strikes on September 6 against plans to axe 800 station and other staff and close ticket-offices, after RMT and TSSA members voted overwhelmingly for action to defend jobs and safety.
August 24 2010 RMT TRAIN managers at Eurostar have voted overwhelmingly for action to stop the imposition from next month of ‘self-dispatch’ of services from Paris, a function currently undertaken by platform staff.
August 24 2010 TUBE DRIVERS at London Underground’s White City Central Line depot have voted to strike if bosses fail to re-instate a colleague unfairly sacked over a minor incident.
August 24 2010 LONDON UNDERGROUND’S biggest union today called on Tube users to demand an end to potentially lethal attacks on staffing and safety standards on the world’s premier metro system.
August 20 2010 BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union RMT is demanding Network Rail re-instate lookout patrols in the Lancashire and Cumbria region following another runaway incident near Tebay where four RMT members died in a similar incident in 2004.
August 19 2010 BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union RMT has condemned Network Rail for ignoring normal safety practices by removing lookouts for patrolling in the Lancashire and Cumbria region and has advised members not to work if they feel it is unsafe.
