driverless trains - 11 Items Tagged Within News
RMT steps up campaign to end outsourcing
Rail union RMT, will hold a major Day of Action at Manchester Piccadilly on Wednesday 19 November, stepping up its national campaign to end outsourcing across Britain’s railways.
The action follows a strike by RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Carlisle Support Services, Northern Trains, End Rail Outsourcing
Carlisle Support Services must end pay freeze and return to meaningful talks as Northern revenue staff strike
A mass picket will take place at 11:00am, Fountain Street, Manchester, followed by a members’ meeting in the city centre in support of the action.
RMT has accused Carlisle of a campaign of misleading and deliberately selective communications claiming...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Northern Trains, Carlisle Support Services
RMT demands end to outsourcing on publicly owned Northern Trains ahead of Manchester day of action
RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services on the Northern revenue protection and gateline contract took 48-hour strike action last month in response to a culture of bullying and harassment by management.
Now they are demanding they be taken...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Northern Trains, Carlisle Support Services
Carlisle support services strike continues for second day on Northern contract
The strike follows widespread reports of bullying and harassment by managers, including attempts to pressure staff into breaking the strike, denying extra hours to union members, and forcing redeployments at short notice to remote locations.
RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Carlisle Support Services, Northern Trains
Northern Trains revenue and gateline staff to strike
Members voted overwhelmingly for action in a dispute over pay and conditions after the company has refused to make an offer despite nine months of negotiations.
Staff will strike for 24 hours on Tuesday 2 September.
And from Wednesday 3 September, members will...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Northern Trains, Carlisle Support Services, Strike
RMT slams First Group's profiteering and calls for crackdown on open access rail
The company announced a surge in operating profits of £222 million, a boosted final dividend, and a fresh £50 million share buyback.
First Group’s open access arm, which operates Hull Trains and Lumo, generated £106 million in revenue and £34 million in...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, First Group, Open Access, Hull Trains, Lumo
RMT condemn "cowardly" Carlisle Support Services bosses threats to workers
Following the successful industrial action ballot earlier this week, where workers voted overwhelmingly for strike action over pay and holiday allowance, the company has been accused of threatening RMT members.
Reports have come in of the company demanding to...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Northern Trains, Carlisle Support Services
Rail rolling stock company turns taxpayers’ money into dividends
Angel Trains, one of the three ROSCOs who lease trains to the train operating companies, has a parent company registered in the tax haven Jersey, named Willow Topco but, as a result, it’s difficult to see it’s accounts.
However, on...
Region: National
Tagged with: Angel Trains, Rolling Stock, ROSCO, RMT, Mick Lynch
More strikes likely after RMT rejects TfL funding deal
Following talks behind closed doors between Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government, funding has been secured for TfL operations until 2024. But the deal appears conditional on attacks on workers’ pensions, potential job losses and a push for pay restraint in...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: rmt, tube, London Underground, lul, tfl, sadiq khan, grant shapps, driverless trains,
RMT launch 3 days of national train strike action
Over 50,000 railway workers will walkout as part of 3 days of national strike action later this month, in the biggest dispute on the network since 1989. The union will shut down the country's railway network on 21st, 23rd and 25th June, due...
Region: National
Tagged with: Network Rail, TOC's, Strike, Pay, Jobs, Pensions, Conditions, Rail, Trains
West Coast train cleaners striking again
RAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that heroic train cleaners working to keep Avanti West Coast trains clean and safe for passengers will be taking a further 48 hour strike action from tomorrow evening and into the weekend in pursuit of their...
Region: National
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