London Mayor must end corporate capture of TfL and insource cleaners
21 January 2026
RMT will stage a protest outside Transport for London’s Board meeting at City Hall on Wednesday 4 February as the union steps up pressure on Mayor Sadiq Khan to reclaim democratic control of TfL and bring cleaners back in-house.
RMT rejects inadequate 4.5% pay offer for RFA seafarers
21 January 2026
Maritime union, RMT has rejected a 4.5% pay offer for seafarers employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), describing it as wholly inadequate and failing to address years of below-inflation offers, minimum wage concerns and a growing retention crisis across the service.
RMT expresses condolences following Spanish railway crash
19 January 2026
Rail union RMT, has expressed its deepest condolences and solidarity with rail workers and passengers killed and injured in the dreadful rail crash in southern Spain.
RMT secures inflation proof pay deal on Network Rail
16 January 2026
Rail union RMT, has won an RPI inflation pay rise with a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for its members on Network Rail.
RMT responds to record breaking offshore wind procurement
14 January 2026
Offshore workers union, RMT has commented on a record 8.4GW of wind energy secured in Europe’s biggest ever auction of the renewable.
RMT lambasts TfL for failing to insource cleaners
8 January 2026
Tube union RMT has lambasted TfL for awarding a 5 year cleaning contract to Mitie instead of taking outsourced workers in-house.
RMT puts Network Rail pay offer to referendum
7 January 2026
Rail union RMT, has put the latest pay offer of 3.8 per cent from Network Rail out to referendum of its members working in maintenance and operations on the railway with a recommendation to accept.
RMT warns P&O Ferries investigation delay undermining confidence in company law
6 January 2026
Seafarers union RMT, hit out at the Insolvency Service’s delayed civil investigation into P&O Ferries, which is eroding confidence in the law and allowing senior figures involved in the 2022 scandal to escape accountability.
RMT statement on US military attack against Venezuela
3 January 2026
General secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special forces.
Passengers face filthy trains as DLR cleaners strike over sick pay refusal
30 December 2025
Cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway will strike on New Year’s Eve in a dispute over company sick pay.
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