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RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish Parliament calls for new law

10 February 2026

RMT is demanding a new law to safeguard transport workers in Scotland against a sharp rise in assaults, ahead of a meeting with MSPs in Holyrood.

DLR cleaners to strike and protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing

4 February 2026

Outsourced cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway will strike alongside a protest at Transport for London’s Board meeting today, intensifying pressure on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to honour his pledge to bring cleaners back in-house.

RMT welcomes rail companies brought under GBR from Sunday

31 January 2026

RMT welcomed London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway services being brought under Great British Railways on Sunday but insisted outsourced workers must not be left behind.

RMT to hold Action Against Assaults event at Scottish Parliament

30 January 2026

Transport union RMT, will demand safe staffing and an end to lone working on the railways at an Action Against Assaults event at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 11 February.

DLR cleaners will strike alongside City Hall outsourcing protest on February 4

27 January 2026

Outsourced cleaners will strike alongside a protest at TfL’s Board meeting on 4 February, increasing pressure on Mayor Sadiq Khan over outsourcing and democratic control of the capital's transport system.

Windrush line strike action over pay and conditions next month

23 January 2026

RMT members working on the Windrush line will take strike action in February after their employer refused to make a decent pay offer.

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.