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DLR workers to strike New Year's Eve in contractor pay dispute

17 December 2025

Cleaning staff on the Docklands Light Railway will take strike action on New Year's Eve after the employer made no contact with the union following the previous strike.

RMT demands urgent action to protect rights of remand prisoners on hunger strike

17 December 2025

RMT has called on the government to immediately intervene to protect the lives of remand prisoners currently on hunger strike.

BTP funding package will lead to job cuts

10 December 2025

RMT has slammed today’s decision by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) to back a three-year funding deal that will leave BTP facing frontline cuts and creating a less safe railway.

Rail unions warn BTP funding crisis is putting staff and passengers at risk

8 December 2025

The British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) has been urged to agree a proper funding settlement for the BTP, by rail unions and the TUC in a joint letter.

RMT warns of surge in violence against rail workers while BTP presence cut

2 December 2025

Rail union, RMT says a sharp rise in attacks on rail workers are taking place at the same time as the British Transport Police (BTP) presence is being cut on the network.

£1.8 billion extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals

28 November 2025

Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals.

RMT members at Svitzer Terminals vote for strike action over sick pay

27 November 2025

RMT members employed by Svitzer Terminals at Fawley Esso Refinery have voted overwhelmingly for strike action following the company’s continued failure to resolve the long-running dispute over contractual sick pay.

RMT warn of national ballot over assaults after EMR go into dispute on the issue

26 November 2025

Rail union RMT, have put employers on notice over increasing assaults, warning of a national strike ballot across all train companies, if action is not taken.

DLR sick pay dispute leads to four days strike action

24 November 2025

RMT members working as cleaners on the DLR will begin strike action on Thursday over a lack of sick pay.

RMT announces strike action on CrossCountry

21 November 2025

RMT will take strike action on CrossCountry next month after the company failed to resolve long-running issues on pay, staffing and previously agreed commitments.