26 September 2016
RMT Press Office:
RMT responds to new COO and CEO appointments at Govia Thameslink and HS1 - substitute
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
“The appointment of Nick Brown as COO at Govia Thameslink Railways opens the door to the real possibility of a new approach and new talks over the threat to the role of the guards, and the sacrificing of passenger safety, on the Southern Rail services. The union will be writing to Mr Brown today paving the way for those talks to begin as soon as possible. With fourteen days of strike action set up right into December there is no time to lose in getting genuine and meaningful talks back on track now that there is a new chief operating officer in place.”
“The appointment of Dyan Crowther as the new CEO at HS1, switching from GTR, raises serious union concerns about the company objectives going forwards and the union will be seeking assurances that this move does not represent a threat to our members jobs, working conditions and the safety regime on the international high speed services.”
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