rail infrastructure - 7 Items Tagged Within News
RMT members to strike at rail infrastructure firm
RMT members working at Clarke Chapman Facilities Management will be taking strike action and action short of a strike following a ballot after the company refused to table a pay award. Clarke Chapman is infrastructure maintenance and renewals company that...
Region: North East
Tagged with: Clarke Chapman, Ontrack, Rail Infrastructure, Strike, Pay Award,
RMT on MP's reports into Carillion collapse
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said;
"Today's bombshell reports from two separate Commons Committee's into the Carillion collapse ram another nail in the coffin of the racket of outsourcing and franchising.
"The Carillion business model didn't disappear with...
Region: National
Tagged with: carillion, amey, network rail, tfl, rail infrastructure
RMT on news that Amey is taking over bulk of Carillion works
General Secretary Mick Cash said;
"RMT's preferred option since the collapse of Carillion has been for their rail works to be taken directly in house but we recognise that today's announcement should guarantee up to 700 rail workers jobs and we...
Region: National
Tagged with: carillion, amey, network rail, tfl, rail infrastructure
RMT on House of Commons Transport Committee
Rail union RMT says that the House of Commons Transport Committee evidence session later today on rail infrastructure must tackle underfunding of maintenance, renewals and upgrades as well as addressing the issue of outsourcing and casualisation in the wake of...
Region: National
Tagged with: transport committee, carillion, chris grayling, tory government, rail privatisation, rail infrastructure
RMT responds to Government's Network Rail asset stripping
RAIL UNION RMT responds to a major asset sell-off plan announced by Network Rail today General Secretary Mick Cash said; "This is the first step in a major asset stripping programme at the publicly owned Network Rail by a...
Region: National
Tagged with: network rail, tory government, conservative, asset stripping, rail infrastructure
RMT launches charter for rail infrastructure workers
Infrastructure workers charter
The charter was drawn up after consultation with infrastructure workers and RMT infrastructure reps working for companies across Britain. It claims that: “simple fairness demands that two rail workers performing the same duties should be paid the...
Region: National
Tagged with: rail infrastructure workers, pay and conditions, charter
RMT responds to Public Accounts Committee report
General Secretary Mick Cash said “The lack of strategic planning on rail infrastructure projects identified in this report from the Public Accounts Committee comes as no surprise to RMT and is yet more damning evidence of the consequences of...
Region: National
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