22 May 2022
RMT Press Office:
Any attempt by Grant Shapps to make effective strike action illegal on the railways will be met with the fiercest resistance from RMT.
The RMT today issued a stern warning that they will mount fierce resistance to any attempt by the government to reduce their
right to strike on the railways.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Any attempt by Grant Shapps to make effective strike action illegal on the railways will be met with the fiercest resistance from RMT and the wider trade union movement.
“The government need to focus all their efforts on finding a just settlement to this rail dispute, not attack the democratic rights of working people.
"Britain already has the worst trade union rights in Western Europe.
“And we have not fought tooth and nail for railway workers since our forebears set up the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in 1872, in order to meekly accept a future where our members are prevented from legally withdrawing their labour."
“The government need to focus all their efforts on finding a just settlement to this rail dispute, not attack the democratic rights of working people.
"Britain already has the worst trade union rights in Western Europe.
“And we have not fought tooth and nail for railway workers since our forebears set up the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in 1872, in order to meekly accept a future where our members are prevented from legally withdrawing their labour."
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