Rail

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.

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

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.

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.

Sign the RMT petition to protect catering jobs on South Western Railway

Keep staff and passengers safe

RMT is calling for Avanti West Coast to withdraw its proposals to relocate its Customer Resolution staff from Birmingham, around 90 miles to Sheffield, which put 60 jobs at risk of redundancy, and instead retain all jobs in Birmingham.

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.

RMT calls for an end to outsourcing on the railways.

Covid-19: In light of the Coronavirus outbreak RMT has released this downloadable infographic.

Covid-19: In light of the Coronavirus outbreak RMT has released this downloadable infographic.

Covid-19: In light of the Coronavirus outbreak RMT has released this downloadable infographic.

Emergency Working Principles

After the Government takes ownership of Northern Rail on 1 March 2020 it must commit to keeping Northern Rail in the public sector. There must be no return to private sector failure. Keeping Northern in the public sector will ensure an affordable, reliable and accessible railway for the North.

Abellio, which operates the Greater Anglia rail franchise is proposing to reduce the catering provision on its service between Norwich and London Liverpool Street.

Arriva Rail North has contracted out the work of staffing at many of its stations to an outsourcing company called Carlisle Security Services Ltd. These workers are earning less than the Real Living Wage of £9 an hour.

C2C is consulting on proposals to reduce ticket office opening hours at 25 stations across the network, which would leave many ticket offices closed for large parts of the day and closed altogether at the weekends at some stations. Many of the ticket offices are facing cuts in excess of 9 hours...

Provide passengers on the GWR route with a proper catering service by reinstating the buffet car in all new Intercity Express Trains from which it has been removed.

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.

Please take a couple of minutes to help in the fight for an accessible railway. Staff our Stations. A Guard on every train. Please act by 15 February, 2019.

London Overground is planning to cut ticket office hours at 45 stations.

At the moment you are guaranteed the protection of a safety critical train Guard on your train.

The campaign will focus on five key areas to: * Save Our Services * Save Our Guards * Save Our Station Staff * Save Our Engineers * Save Our Cleaning & Maintenance teams

Southern Trains plan to make their trains Driver Only Operation - RMT says Keep the Guard on the Train

Keep the Guard on the Train. Please let Merseytravel know that you want to keep Guards on the train.

The people who clean stations for Network Rail, doing some of the dirtiest work in the rail industry, are currently paid below the real Living Wage.

Join the RMT campaign to stop the disgusting dumping of human effluence directly on to the railway tracks where it can be sprayed onto railway maintenance workers.

If you wear a uniform to work and wash it yourself you may be entitled to claim a tax rebate.

Join the RMT campaign to restore travel facilities for all rail staff

Yet another hike in rail fares has been announced.