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RMT to ballot Wightlink members after company puts 160 jobs at risk

16 September 2025

Maritime union, RMT confirmed today that it is in dispute with cross-Solent ferry operator Wightlink after the company announced proposals which would put 160 jobs at risk.

Shipowners ‘airbrushing’ UK seafarers out of training and jobs

15 September 2025

SEAFARERS Union RMT has attacked a new report by the Chamber of Shipping which writes UK seafarers off as ‘uncompetitive’ whilst demanding easier access to cheap foreign labour on ferry and offshore energy routes.

RMT demands Summit with the Mayor to end tube dispute

10 September 2025

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to attend a summit with the union to find a resolution urgently to the escalating London Underground dispute.

RMT slams Elizabeth Line ticket office closure plan

5 September 2025

RMT today blasted plans by the Elizabeth Line to close every ticket office by August 2027, calling the move “a betrayal of station staff and passengers” with a vow of sustained industrial action to stop it.

Tube cleaners threaten strike action over wages and sick pay

4 September 2025

RMT has declared a formal dispute with outsourcing giant ABM after the company failed to improve on its derisory offer to cleaners working on the London Underground cleaning contract.

RMT demands decent pay and conditions for seafarers on Merchant Navy Day

3 September 2025

Maritime union, RMT has marked Merchant Navy Day by demanding urgent action from industry and government to secure jobs, training and fair conditions for UK seafarers.

RMT welcomes London Assembly Transport Committee call for action on station staff safety

2 September 2025

Rail union, RMT today welcomed the London Assembly Transport Committee’s letter to Transport for London on fare evasion and staff safety, and backed calls for urgent action to tackle the rising levels of violence against frontline transport workers.

Northern Trains revenue and gateline staff to strike

30 August 2025

Rail union, RMT has announced strike action by staff working on the Carlisle Support Services contract for Northern Trains, covering revenue protection and station gateline roles.

P&O boss leaves the scene of a crime

29 August 2025

SEAFARERS union RMT said today that the resignation of P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite, who sacked around 800 workers in 2022 and replaced them with cheap agency labour, as someone who had effectively left the scene of a crime.

RMT will launch rolling strike action over pay, conditions and broken agreements on London Underground

21 August 2025

Tube union RMT, today announced rolling strike action across the network beginning on Friday 5th September for seven days, with different grades taking industrial action at differing times.