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RMT to ballot GWR Gateline staff over dangerous lone staffing plans

11 June 2025

Rail union, RMT is balloting over 300 Gateline staff across Great Western Railway (GWR) for strike action in response to company plans to impose single staffing and extend working hours.

RMT slams First Group's profiteering and calls for crackdown on open access rail

10 June 2025

Rail union, RMT today condemned First Group’s huge profits and its ongoing exploitation of Britain’s fragmented railway system through open access operations.

CrossCountry workers to begin overtime ban in rest day working dispute

23 May 2025

RMT members at CrossCountry will begin an overtime ban and refuse to work rest days from Monday 9 June to Friday 25 October – excluding Sundays.

RMT strike action to hit Nottingham bus services in pay dispute

23 May 2025

Bus workers employed by CT4N in Nottingham will take strike action across four days in June and July in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

RMT welcomes SWR public ownership but demands end to outsourcing scandal

22 May 2025

Rail union RMT, welcomed the imminent return of South Western Railway (SWR) to public ownership, as a step in the right direction but warned that continued outsourcing of essential frontline services risks undermining the benefits of renationalisation.

RMT secures Eurostar pay deal

20 May 2025

Rail union RMT, has welcomed a new pay agreement at Eurostar after members voted to accept the final offer from the company.

Balfour Beatty Rail Plant strike ballot to open

19 May 2025

Rail union RMT, will open a ballot for industrial action on Tuesday, after Balfour Beatty refused to improve its derisory 2.5% pay offer.

Offshore workers must not be casualties of clean energy transition, warns RMT

14 May 2025

RMT is demanding urgent action from government to deliver a worker-led transition in the offshore energy sector, warning that rising redundancies among oil and gas workers cannot be ignored.

Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract awarded to CalMac

8 May 2025

RMT today welcomed the news that CalMac has been directly awarded the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract.

A charter for starters!

6 May 2025

RMT launches film to promote the Apprentice charter to address the crisis in transport apprenticeships.