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MTR Elizabeth Line Control Room Grades to strike
Members are due to strike between 9pm on Tuesday 31 December 2024 and 8:59pm on Wednesday 1 January 2025.
They are also not working rest days or overtime from Thursday 5th December till the end of Wednesday 18 December.
The union has...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Elizabeth Line, Strike
RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line
GTS was awarded the lucrative contract, meaning that profits will leave the capital and subsidise shareholders making millions at the expense of Londoners.
The union also warned Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that he is creating an "island of...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Elizabeth Line, London Mayor, Sadiq Khan
Union leaders call on Mayor to bring Elizabeth Line and London Overground into public ownership
The letter comes in the wake of the newly elected Labour government's clear stance on the need to overhaul the UK’s railways, ending decades of privatisation.
RMT Mick Lynch, General Secretary, and Mick Whelan, General Secretary of ASLEF, highlighted...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, ASLEF, Sadiq Khan, Mayor Of London, London Overground, Elizabeth Line
RMT wins pay rise for MTR Elizabeth line staff
The agreement, which covers the period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025, delivers a range of improvements for RMT members across the stations and revenue grades.
These include a one year above inflation pay award, a salary boost for...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Elizabeth Line, Pay
Elizabeth Line maintenance workers to take 24 hours strike action
Workers taking part in the action are currently being paid significantly less than similar positions across the network.
Rail for London Infrastructure which employs the workers, has offered four per cent but workers at MTR – the outsourced part...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: Elizabeth Line, MTR, Rail for London, Maintenance, RMT, Mick Lynch, Rail Union
RMT takes further strike action on Elizabeth Line
Rail for London (Infrastructure) (RfL(I)), a wholly-owned TfL subsidiary, manages the infrastructure for the Crossrail Central Operating Section of the Elizabeth Line.
Affected workers are currently being paid significantly less than similar positions across the network.
RfLI has offered four...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Elizabeth Line, TfL, Rail for London
RMT to ballot for action on Crossrail project
RMT Works Train Controller members (engineering staff) working for VGC and based at Plumstead Depot on the Crossrail Project recently submitted a collective grievance and held discussions with VGC management regarding their rate of pay, which they have learned is...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: crossrail, elizabeth line, vgc, works train controller
Crossrail fees dispute exposes chaos of rail privatisation
A report in today’s Financial Times has revealed that a legal dispute between Crossrail and the Heathrow owners, which includes Spanish outfit Ferrovial and Qatari and Chinese sovereign investment funds, over track access charges has now been referred to the...
Region: South East and Anglia
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