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      <title><![CDATA[RMT members in Royal Fleet Auxiliary to go on strike]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maritime union RMT, will take strike action at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tomorrow (Thursday 16 April) after the employer failed to table a new offer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT pledge action against assaults in a national campaign day]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Transport union RMT, will hold a national day of action to tackle the growing threat of assaults across the rail, bus, metro and ferry sectors on April 28.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers take strike action]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maritime union RMT today congratulated members in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) who are taking strike action after overwhelmingly rejecting the latest pay offer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RFA members will strike in April over pay]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maritime union, RMT will take strike action in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) after rejecting the latest pay offer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government must act on assaults after GLA criticises missed opportunity in Crime and Policing Bill]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Transport union RMT, has backed calls from a cross-party Greater London Authority (GLA) Committee criticising the Government’s failure to strengthen legal protections for public transport workers in the Crime and Policing Bill, which completes its passage through the House of Lords today. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT suspends strikes this month in fake four day week dispute]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tube union RMT, have suspended strikes this month following progress in talks with London Underground management.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Four years after P&O mass sackings government must close legal loopholes, RMT demands]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maritime union RMT has warned more must be done to protect seafarers and prevent another corporate scandal, four years after P&O Ferries unlawfully sacked 800 workers and replaced them with agency labour.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT protest treatment of outsourced workers outside Leeds Transport for the North Board meeting]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[RAIL union RMT activists will gather in Leeds on Monday March 16, 2026 at 1145am outside the meeting of Transport for the North’s Board at the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds, New Station Street City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT warns violence against transport workers rising ahead of TfL safety summit]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Violent attacks and aggression against transport workers across the capital is increasing and Transport for London (TfL) must take urgent action to protect staff and passengers, RMT has demanded, ahead of a work-related violence summit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT launches Tube strike action over imposed four-day compressed hours plan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[RMT has announced strike action on London Underground over the introduction of a compressed four-day working week on tube drivers.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT demands stronger legal protection for transport workers as violence soars]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[RMT has called on the Government to introduce a specific criminal offence for assaulting public transport workers ahead of a debate in the House of Lords.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT condemns bombing of Iran]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[General Secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “The illegal and unjustified bombing of Iran is a disaster for civilians in the region. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Windrush line strike over pay]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Strike action on the Windrush Line will take place this Thursday after Cleshar CS Ltd failed to table a new pay offer despite repeated talks with the union.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RFA seafarers to strike in March]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers will take strike action on March 5th and 6th in a dispute over pay, transparency and compliance with minimum wage legislation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT survey finds Network Rail failing to provide adequate toilets and welfare facilities]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[RMT has accused Network Rail of failing to provide adequate toilet and welfare facilities for maintenance patrol workers, warning that the situation may amount to breaches of health and safety law.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Piccadilly line fleet strike action]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[RMT members at Northfields fleet maintenance depot servicing Piccadilly line trains are taking four days of strike action this week following a breakdown in industrial relations.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RFA seafarers back strike action]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maritime union, RMT has welcomed an overwhelming vote for strike action by seafarers employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) after management could not even demonstrate that it was complying with minimum wage legislation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish Parliament calls for new law]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DLR cleaners to strike and protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RMT welcomes rail companies brought under GBR from Sunday]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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