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Hitachi Rail strike to go ahead
The stoppage will take place at Craigentinny, Bounds Green and Doncaster maintenance depots across the East Coast mainline and will conclude on February 24.
More than 400 workers will be taking part in the action on Hitachi Rail which maintains the rolling...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Hitachi Rail, LNER
Station staff threatened with disciplinary action for ticket office campaign
The union is currently encouraging the public to sign petitions and take part in consultations to prevent 1000 ticket office closures.
RMT has warned that it will escalate its industrial response to any threat to dock pay or discipline staff...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, LNER, Save Ticket Offices
Hitachi rail workers to strike
Hitachi rail workers will strike for 3 days from tomorrow in a row over pay and conditions. RMT members are seeking an agreement in line with Hitachi members in Doncaster and Hitachi North Pole maintenance which secures a deal on breaks,...
Region: National
Tagged with: Hitachi, LNER, ScotRail, Transpennine Express, RMT
LNER ticket office cuts demo at Kings Cross
Rail Union RMT is continuing its campaign against proposed cuts to LNER ticket office hours next week, with a demonstration outside London King’s Cross station on Tuesday 21stDecember, from 0800 – 0930am. This demo follows successful action at affected stations across...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: LNER, Ticket Office, Cuts, Stop The Cuts, Staff Our Stations
organisations join together to oppose cuts at LNER
A coalition of organisations have today joined together to oppose train operator LNER’s proposed cuts to ticket office opening hours at Berwick-upon-Tweed; Darlington; Doncaster; Durham; Edinburgh; Grantham; London King's Cross; Newark North Gate; Newcastle; Peterborough; Retford; Wakefield Westgate and York...
Region: National
Tagged with: LNER, Ticket Office, Cuts,
RMT campaign against LNER ticket office cuts
RAIL UNION RMT has launched a campaign to stop LNER’s cuts to ticket office hours at 13 stations on its network. The proposed cuts affect Berwick-upon-Tweed, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, Edinburgh, Grantham, London King's Cross, Newark North Gate, Newcastle, Peterborough, Retford, Wakefield...
Region: National
Tagged with: LNER, Ticket Office, Cuts
RMT on cancelled services on LNER and Great Western today
General Secretary Mick Lynch said:
"RMT is fully aware of the issues that have led to the cancellation of services on LNER today and that similar problems with cracks appearing in the fleet on Great Western are also emerging.
"Hitachi...
Region: National
Tagged with: LNER, Great Western, Hitachi, Train Fleet, Safety, Maintenance,
RMT calls for Grant Shapps to intervene in Hitachi dispute
RAIL UNION RMT today demanded that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP immediately intervenes to protect rail workers jobs and taxpayer’s money as Hitachi Rail UK Ltd plans to sack 64 rail workers working on the publicly owned London North Eastern Rail...
Region: National
Tagged with: Hitachi, LNER, Grant Shapps, London North Eastern Rail, Bounds Green, Craigentinny,
RMT on announcement that LNER will remain in public ownership
RMT Senior Assistant General Secretary Mick Lynch said; “The Government has finally woken up, smelt the coffee and realised that rail privatisation doesn’t work after all. It’s better late than never but this decades long farcical experiment with our railways...
Region: National
Tagged with: LNER, London North East Railway, East Coast Mainline
Rail Gourmet workers in Edinburgh striking today
RMT Rail Gourmet members based at the Edinburgh Depot are taking strike action today - Monday 24th December - in a fight for workplace justice following a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations. The staff work on the inter-city LNER contract.
The dispute...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: rail gourmet, edinburgh depot, lner, strike
Rail Gourmet members to strike again in Edinburgh tomorrow
Rail union RMT has confirmed that Rail Gourmet members based at the Edinburgh Depot will be taking further strike action tomorrow - Tuesday 4th December - in a fight for workplace justice following a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations. The staff work...
Region: National
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