WHY RMT IS THE ONLY UNION FOR STATION STAFF

RMT’s recent victory against ticket office closures has shown there is only one union for station staff.

RMT is the only union that:

• Mobilised a mass online campaign against ticket office closures, as soon as the proposals were announced
• Distributed over a million campaign postcards to passengers and set up mass online campaign
• Held major rallies and campaign actions at stations around the country
• Was referenced by the passenger watchdog Transport Focus in its response to the consultation as generating a large number of responses
• Was invited to give evidence to MPs about the impact of ticket office closures

As a result of the campaign’s success, the Government and Train Companies have been forced to rethink their plans to cut 2300 station staff jobs.

SO WHAT’S NEXT FOR STATION STAFF?

• RMT is the only union that has not already agreed to the Government and Train Companies’ ‘reforms’ that would have forced through mass ticket office closures and job cuts.
• RMT negotiated a deal that gets us money now, accepts no company proposals on stations and moves the dispute forward while other unions accepted ALL company reform proposals way back in February.
• RMT fought on and defeated the closure of booking offices preventing the loss of 2,300 station grades jobs which other unions accepted. This Spring pay negotiations will begin on RDG proposals for station grades reform.
• RMT is the only union representing all railway grades. RMT station grades members have more industrial muscle because they are together with other grades such guards, signallers, drivers and engineering grades.
• lWe are the only stations’ union whose membership is growing – unlike other unions whose membership is in decline.

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