derby - 5 Items Tagged Within News
RMT calls for action to save UK train manufacturing
RMT, the largest rail union, called for an urgent summit of unions, the rail industry and the government to thrash out a plan to save the Alstom train manufacturing site in Derby, including the option of nationalisation.
RMT general secretary...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Alstom, Derby, Rail
MV Derbyshire Anniversary
MV Derbyshire is the biggest British registered merchant ship ever to have been lost at sea. Built in 1976, it was an oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carrier. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “RMT pays tribute to the forty-two seafarers and two passengers...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, MV Derbyshire
RMT members vote for action on Stagecoach Buses
BUS UNION RMT today announced that members in three more Stagecoach areas have voted by around nine to one for action as part of a national campaign to secure professional pay rates for professional staff, joining RMT members in Mansfield...
Region: National
Tagged with: Stagecoach, Buses, South West, Derbyshire, Pay Justice
RMT mourns loss of crew and safety rights on 40th anniversary of MV Derbyshire tragedy
SEAFARER UNION RMT remembers the 44 victims of the MV Derbyshire tragedy on the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the UK registered (Liverpool) Bulk Carrier in the South China Sea on 9 September 1980 with the loss of all hands, including two...
Region: National
Tagged with: MV Derbyshire
RMT backs Derby Rally to Support UK Train Manufacturing
After a high-profile and sustained campaign, the Bombardier train manufacturing plant at Derby has been awarded the contract to build the new fleet for the Crossrail trans-London line. This was an important victory both in terms of securing work for...
Region: Midlands
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