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RMT calls for action after Network Rail fined for Carmont derailment
The company in charge of rail infrastructure in Britain admitted to health and safety failings over the rail crash at Carmont near Stonehaven three years ago which claimed three lives.
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report concerning the train...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Network Rail, Carmont, Stonehaven, RAIB
RMT statement ahead of Carmont disaster court hearing
"Network Rail need to face the full force of the law over the Carmont disaster near Stonehaven to give bereaved families some sense of justice.
"Network Rail's attitude to safety has been abysmal with staff shortages and 20 recommendations by...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Carmont, Stonehaven, RAIB, Network Rail
Track workers on London Underground ‘afraid to raise safety concerns’
Publishing the results of a new survey, workers who perform vital and safety-critical work on London Underground’s track, are engaged through two ‘employment agencies’, Morson and Cleshar, who put them on bogus self-employed contracts that deny them sick pay, holiday,...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London Underground, tube, LUL, Track Workers, RAIB, Morson, Cleshar, RMT, Mick Lynch
Carmont Rail accident Report
In response to the official investigation into the Carmont Rail tragedy RMT has today called for an urgent rail safety summit of the Scottish and UK Government’s, the rail unions, Network Rail, the rail infrastructure companies and operators to prevent...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Stonehaven, Carmont, Carillion, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, RAIB, Accident, Tragedy
Scottish Government’s statement on Carmont
Commenting on the Scottish Transport Minister’s statement on the Carmont Rail accident Report, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “RMT has been leading the calls for an urgent safety summit to prevent future rail tragedies, so we welcome the Scottish...
Region: RMT Scotland
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