future of rail - 12 Items Tagged Within News
RMT responds to Government Future Maritime Strategy
Responding to the publication today of the government’s new Future Maritime strategy RMT general secretary Mick Cash said, “First, we have the Brexit ferry scandal with companies without ships. “Now from these latest proposals it seems we will have ghost...
Region: National
Tagged with: Government Future Maritime Strategy
RMT responds to new evidence of unstaffed tube stations
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: “This is shocking new information which confirms RMT's warnings about the tube network becoming an increasingly faceless and dangerous place . “London Underground need to get an urgent grip on this lethal gamble with...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, tfl, fit for the future, unstaffed stations
RMT responds to serious “near miss” incident
TUBE UNION RMT today demanded the immediate staffing of ALL London Underground stations – or the closure of stations when they are unstaffed – after another dangerous incident at an unstaffed station. At Ruislip station last Friday (20 Oct) as a...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fit for the future, unstaffed station
RMT calls for Tube job cuts inquiry
Tube union RMT today called for an independent inquiry into London Undergrounds disastrous stations job cuts programs " Fit for the Future " after the ORR - the government regulator - issue London Underground with a legal "improvement notice " following the tragic death of...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, lu, tube, canning town, fit for the future, orr, office of road and rail
Strikes loom on Tube
TUBE UNION RMT says that while strikes loom on London Underground middle managers have asked LUL Chief Operating Officer “How am I supposed to convince staff to break a strike/OT ban when I completely agree with many of the issues...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fit for the future
RMT confirms action in tube station staffing dispute
The dispute is over tube station staffing and safety. Over 3000 RMT station staff members were balloted for action over the impact on safety from the axing of nearly 900 front-line workers alongside the closure of tube ticket offices. RMT says that...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fit for the future
RMT responds to Transport Committee
Mick Cash, RMT General Secretary, said.
“This report is an indictment of the failure of rail privatisation and the government’s record on Southern railways which have resulted in daily chaos and misery for passengers.”
“The report rightly argues that in...
Region: National
Tagged with: transport committee, future of rail
TFL top managers celebrate the axing of 800 jobs
TUBE UNION RMT today slammed the “disgusting and obscene spectacle” of nearly 50 senior TFL managers decked out in black-tie regalia at Mayfair’s luxury RAF Club as they celebrated the completion of a massive cuts programme that axes 800 safety-critical station staff...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: tfl, transport forlondon, fit for the future stations
Crunch tube talks today
TUBE UNION RMT said today that if crunch talks at Director level over this weekend’s 48 hour station staffing strike fail this morning then the matter will be referred immediately to ACAS as the clock ticks down towards Saturdays action. RMT...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fit for the future stations, every job matters
RMT launches shock new report and new Maritime Manifesto
In order to reverse declining employment and training rates for UK seafarers, the Maritime Futures report makes a number of recommendations, including a different approach to minimum wage enforcement and reserving jobs on specified routes for UK seafarers on UK...
Region: National
Tagged with: maritime manifesto, maritime futures report,
RMT launches shock new report and new Maritime Manifesto
In order to reverse declining employment and training rates for UK seafarers, the Maritime Futures report makes a number of recommendations, including a different approach to minimum wage enforcement and reserving jobs on specified routes for UK seafarers on UK...
Region: National
Tagged with: maritime manifesto, maritime futures report
Listen to London - the future of London Underground
TUBE UNION RMT has called a major conference in July to fill the void left by the Mayor of London and Transport for London over a genuine and meaningful consultation with service users and providers on the future of London...
Region: South East and Anglia
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