Campaigns

Stop the cuts to ScotRail services

RMT is calling for Abellio ScotRail's proposals to cut 12% of services, or around 100,000 a year, to be withdrawn and for the Scottish Government to commit to protecting ScotRail services.

Oppose the cuts to LNER ticket office hours

The train company LNER is consulting on proposals to reduce the ticket office opening hours at Berwick-upon-Tweed; Darlington; Doncaster; Durham; Edinburgh; Grantham; London King's Cross; Newark North Gate; Newcastle; Peterborough; Retford; Wakefield Westgate and York train stations.

No Cuts on South Western Railway

South Western Railway and Network Rail are proposing to make swingeing cuts to services across the SWR Network from December 2022 using the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext.

Cleaners are Essential

As part of our ‘Cleaners Are Essential’ campaign, RMT is pressing the rail industry and Transport for London to end the outsourcing of cleaning.

SOS - Staff Our Stations

Station staff play a vital role in helping deliver a safe, secure and accessible railway. But government and train companies are cutting station staff, de-staffing stations and closing tickets offices. This threatens passenger service and safety, especially at a time of rising crime on the railway.

Pay justice and equality for ScotRail workers

RMT is calling on ScotRail operator Abellio and the Scottish Government to address a blatant pay inequality within the ScotRail workforce that has arisen from Abellio's refusal to negotiate an enhanced rest day working agreement for all grades of workers.

No Cuts at Network Rail

Network Rail are planning wholesale cuts to jobs and safety critical maintenance work by September.

Transport workers are ESSENTIAL workers

With the range of serious issues facing our members at the moment, your union will be stepping up its campaign under the heading Transport workers are ESSENTIAL workers.

Stena Line Pay Dispute

RMT is balloting its members over Stena Line’s offer to re-introduce a Company Sick Pay scheme of inferior value compared to the scheme the employer scrapped at the start of the pandemic.

Justice For Tube Cleaners

London Underground cleaners are the unsung heroes of the pandemic in the capital. They’ve put their lives on the line every day, yet they are outsourced to a private company, ABM. They receive no company sick pay, no travel concessions and have an inferior pension scheme.

Save Eurostar

RMT is calling on the Secretary of State for Transport to urgently agree assistance for Eurostar, which, like other transport operators, has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak, but which has not yet received any support from the UK Government.

TfL Funding Campaign

RMT is stepping up its fight to win full funding for Transport for London with the launch of an online petition.

Save open-access rail jobs

The RMT is calling on the Government to urgently agree an emergency financial support package for the open-access rail operators Grand Central and Hull Trains to enable them to stay viable during the Covid-19 crisis and to prevent job losses.