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RMT urges Avanti to address ticket office staff shortages

29 March 2025

Rail union RMT, is urging Avanti to address ticket office staff shortages on the West Coast Mainline, warning that understaffing is impacting passengers and putting undue pressure on existing staff.

RMT responds to Chancellor's Spring Statement

26 March 2025

General Secretary Eddie Dempsey said: "The Spring Statement fails to tackle the deep structural problems in our economy.

RMT welcomes TfL e-bikes ban

26 March 2025

Tube union, RMT has welcomed non-foldable e-bikes being banned from London Underground following a long campaign.

Underpaid, Overworked, ignored – RMT members demand urgent reform for bus industry

25 March 2025

Bus workers are being pushed to breaking point by low pay, excessive hours, and rising violence on the job, a new survey has found.

Foreland Shipping seafarers overwhelmingly reject pay offer

24 March 2025

RMT seafarers at Foreland Shipping have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s pay offer in a recent referendum.

Staff cuts undermine accessibility, Transport Select Committee report confirms

20 March 2025

Rail union, RMT has welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s Access denied: rights versus reality in disabled people’s access to transport report following its inquiry into accessibility for disabled people on the transport network.

Outsourced cleaners will take strike action on Merseyrail

19 March 2025

Cleaners on Merseyrail will take 48 hours strike action from April 4 after they rejected a pay offer from Churchill.

RMT responds to Labour welfare cuts announcement

18 March 2025

Transport union, RMT has criticised Labour's decision to cut welfare spending by up to £5bn by 2030.

RMT calls for greater seafarers' protections on third P&O anniversary

17 March 2025

Maritime union, RMT today called on the government to do more to protect seafarers, three years after P&O unlawfully sacked 800 workers.

RMT accepts Avanti deal, ending rest day working dispute

13 March 2025

Rail union RMT has called off all planned industrial action on Avanti West Coast after members voted to accept a negotiated settlement in the rest day working dispute.