european maritime day of action - 11 Items Tagged Within News
Save our ticket offices RMT day of action tomorrow
The union has called two days of action this month for tomorrow and August 16 after the government extended the flawed consultation process to September due to the sheer scale of public support for RMT’s campaign.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch...
Region: National
Tagged with: ticket offices, day of action
RMT launch National Day of Action against ticket office closures
In London, the union will hold a mass rally outside Kings Cross station at 6pm while local stations will be leafleted.
The union is encouraging everyone to take part in the consultation, so rail companies and the government understand...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Day of Action, Save Ticket Offices,
Tories and rail bosses plan to close 1,000 ticket offices
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that the planned closure of nearly 1,000 ticket offices were clearly about protecting the profits of train companies by further de-staffing the rail network.
“As well as thousands of job losses this will obviously create...
Region: National
Tagged with: Ticket Offices, We Own It, RMT, Day of Action,
RMT holds ScotRail day of action on 1 April
On Friday 1st April, the day ScotRail enters public ownership, RMT is holding a day of action at 12:00 outside Glasgow Queen Street Station to call on the Scottish Government to create a properly funded rail operator that delivers for passengers,...
Region: National
Tagged with: Scotrail, Day of Action
RMT to hold Irish Sea campaign day of action
As part of maritime union RMT’s campaign for more jobs for domestic ratings on the Irish Sea the union is holding a Day of Action against Irish Ferries on Monday 26 November with a protest as follows:
Irish Ferries: from midday,...
Region: North West
Tagged with: irish ferries, day of action, sos2020, seafarer,
RMT protest in Poole for European Maritime Day of Action
The protest will take place Thursday 18th May, 8.30am, Poole Lighthouse Arts and Conference Centre, 21 Kingland Rd, Poole, BH15 1UG.
As part of RMT’s SOS 2020 campaign the event will be attended by RMT members and other trade unionists who...
Region: South Wales and West; South West
Tagged with: sos2020, european maritime day of action, seafarers
RMT protest in Poole for European Maritime Day of Action
MARITIME UNION RMT will be protesting against low-cost crewing in the shipping industry – as practiced by local employer Condor Ferries – outside the European Maritime Day conference in Poole on Thursday .
The protest will take place Thursday 18th...
Region: South Wales and West; South West
Tagged with: sos2020, european maritime day of action, condor ferries
RMT calls for Abellio to be stripped of Scotrail franchise
Rail union RMT today called on the Scottish Government to set out an immediate timetable for the stripping of Abellio of its Scotrail franchise as it emerged that performance has slumped while profiteering has risen – draining away key funds...
Region: National
Tagged with: Abellio, Scotrail, Day of Action
Union Day of Action on Rail on Tuesday
In a letter to MPs and Councillors in the North the RMT union will warn that the three shortlisted bidders for the Northern Rail franchise are owned by Dutch, French and German state railways which means rail passengers in the...
Region: National
Tagged with: northern rail, tpe, transpennine express, day of action
East Coast – Day of Action
According to the ORR, East Coast is one of just two TOCs which are net contributors to the public purse. In 2013/14 alone, East Coast contributed £23m to the UK government– clearly demonstrating the success of the publicly owned model for...
Region: National
Tagged with: east coast, day of action
Doncaster to host day of action against railway cuts
The proposed cuts come in the wake of the McNulty Report, adopted as policy by the government, and represent the biggest threat to the rail industry in 50 years.
The Report calls for the break-up of Network Rail, longer franchises, attacking...
Region: North East
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