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RMT urges London Mayor to end threat of job cuts and pension attacks
The tube union wrote to Sadiq Khan today, emphasising the importance of station staff to the safe running of London Underground and the need for the mayor to resist Tory budget cuts.
In the letter, RMT general secretary Mick...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Tube, London Underground, Job Cuts, Pension Attacks, London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL
4,000 station tube staff to walk out on June 6
General Secretary Mick Lynch said:"TfL is trying to bulldoze through 600 job losses on London Underground and our members are not prepared to accept that.
"Station staff play a crucial role in serving the travelling public and were heroes during the...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London Underground, Tube, LUL, TfL, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Job Cuts, Station Staff,
Network Rail's "futile attempt" to undermine ballot exposed
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "The comments are a desperate and futile attempt by Network Rail to dissuade our railway members from voting in this upcoming strike ballot.
"Network Rail are trying to avoid the elephant in the room,...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: Network Rail, Defend Rail Jobs Pay and Conditions, Job Cuts, Strike, Ballot
RMT to ballot all London Transport members
LONDON TRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that it will begin a ballot of over10,000 members across all grades after TFL refused to give assurances on jobs, pensions and working conditions in the midst of an on-going financial crisis driven by...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London Underground, Tube, LUL, TfL, Job Cuts,
RMT calls for halt to planned cuts
RAIL UNION RMT has called for a reversal of planned cuts across Network Rail, TFL and the train operating companies after the rail minister said today that the Government are expecting passenger numbers to return to pre-COVID levels as the...
Region: National
Tagged with: Job Cuts, Network Rail, Transport for London, TfL, TOC's, Tory Government,
RMT to fight rail industry job cuts
MAIN RAIL UNION RMT said today that it is to fight a wholesale jobs cull across the industry that kicks off for some Network Rail managerial grades today with others set to follow. RMT's executive has committed to a campaign...
Region: National
Tagged with: Network Rail, Job Cuts, Rail Industry, Voluntary Severance Scheme, Covid-19, Train Operating Companies
Transport Workers are Essential Workers
TRANSPORT UNION RMT said today that it will be launching a fresh wave of campaigning under the banner TRANSPORT WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS as threats of pay freezes and possible attacks on jobs and conditions emerged in Government briefings over...
Region: National
Tagged with: Transport Workers are Essential Workers, Covid-19, Transport Staff, Job Cuts, Pay Freeze
MPs support RMT’s Avanti West Coast demands
RAIL UNION RMT today welcomed MPs’ support for a parliamentary motion, tabled by Birmingham MP Tahir Ali, which demands that Avanti West Coast withdraw its plans to remove its Customer Resolutions team from Birmingham, putting 60 jobs at risk of redundancy....
Region: National
Tagged with: Avanti West Coast, Customer Resolutions Centre, Job Cuts, Covid-19
RMT on Trump Turnberry workforce
TRUMP TURNBERRY UNION RMT said today that now that Donald Trump has lost his job as US President he should turn his attention to stopping the attacks on his Turnberry workforce who face a barrage of threats to jobs and...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Trump Turnberry, Covid-19, Job Cuts
RMT to ballot over job cuts at LU depot canteens
The move will put an end to over 100 years of on site home-style cooked canteen food for transport workers which will be replaced with reheated frozen microwave meals. The proposals are part of a restructuring plan by Sodexo and will...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London Underground, LU, Tube, Canteen, Depots, Job Cuts, Sodexo
Outrage as Trump Turnberry and presses on with job cuts
TRUMP TURNBERRY UNION RMT has condemned the continued all-out assault on jobs and conditions at the US President's Scottish flagship golf resort as the company ploughs ahead with job cuts. Despite strong representation from RMT and the fact that Trump...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Trump Turnberry, Job Cuts, Redundancies, Covid-19
RMT call to oppose job cuts at Trump Turnberry
The company is planning to bulldoze through over 80 redundancies alongside damaging cuts to sick, pay, working hours, pay enhancements, staff benefits and working conditions. Formal consultation on the plans is now over and despite strong RMT representations the Trump operation...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Covid-19, Turnberry Resort, Donald Trump, Job Cuts
RMT steps up pressure to halt jobs carnage at Trump's Turnberry resort
RMT has launched an on-line petition as part of the fight to halt an all-out assault on jobs and conditions at the US President's Scottish flagship resort that are being bulldozed through under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Covid-19, Turnberry Resort, Donald Trump, Job Cuts
RMT launches petition to halt jobs carnage at Trump Turnberry
TRUMP TURNBERRY UNION RMT has launched a global on-line petition today as part of the fight to halt an all-out assault on jobs and conditions at the US President's Scottish flagship resort that are being bulldozed through under the cover...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Covid-19, Turnberry Resort, Donald Trump, Job Cuts
RMT steps up fight to halt jobs carnage at Trump's Turnberry resort
Consultation on a brutal package of measures ends on the 16th August and involves the axing of up to eighty jobs alongside other savage cuts to sick pay, working hours, pay enhancements, staff benefits and working conditions. RMT Senior Assistant...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Covid-19, Turnberry Resort, Donald Trump, Job Cuts
RMT TO FIGHT SHOCKING CUTS TO SAFETY-CRITICAL RAIL JOBS
Rail union RMT confirmed today that it is mobilising a full campaign of resistance after the shock announcement by Babcock Rail of its intention to cut 89 jobs, including the total closure of its Newport and Eastleigh depots RMT says that...
Region: National
Tagged with: Babcock, Job cuts
RMT responds to savage job cuts announced at DB Cargo
General Secretary Mick Cash said “This is devastating news brought on through a combination of cut-throat practices in the UK rail freight industry and a shocking lack of Government support for this key section of our transport infra-structure. “RMT’s executive...
Region: National
Tagged with: db cargo, job cuts, deutsche bahn, cargo, rail freight,
RMT responds to news of eighty job losses at Eurostar
“Coming on the same day as the DB Cargo announcement, the Eurostar job cuts are yet more bad news for the rail sector and show the relentless pressure that RMT members are under in the current economic environment. “RMT reps...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: eurostar, job cuts
RMT steps up fight against job cuts on London Midland
RAIL UNION RMT today stepped up the fight to halt savage job cuts at London Midland which would axe 150 key posts and decimate gateline staffing numbers, warning that unless talks this week reach a solution the union will look to...
Region: National
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