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RMT pledge action against assaults in a national campaign day
The union is stepping up its Action Against Assaults campaign in a bid to improve the day to day working lives of members, to create a safer environment for passengers and to ensure employers and the governments in the UK...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Action Against Assaults
Government must act on assaults after GLA criticises missed opportunity in Crime and Policing Bill
The intervention follows recent evidence to the Committee from frontline transport workers detailing widespread violence and abuse across London’s network.
Latest British Transport Police figures show assaults on rail staff have risen by 34% over the last three months compared...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, GLA, Action Against Assaults
RMT warns violence against transport workers rising ahead of TfL safety summit
Analysis by RMT of British Transport Police data shows a 9% increase in incidents of violence against staff across London Underground, London Overground, the Elizabeth Line and the DLR in the year to November 2025 compared with the previous year.
TfL’s own...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Action Against Assaults, TfL
RMT demands stronger legal protection for transport workers as violence soars
The union is also calling for support for a cross party amendment that has been tabled by Peers which would introduce a stand alone offence for assault of a public facing worker, including transport workers.
The Crime and Policing...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Action Against Assaults
RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish Parliament calls for new law
The union will hold the 'Action Against Assaults' event at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 11 February at 1pm.
This event will bring together the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP, MSPs from across the chamber,...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Action Against Assaults,
RMT to hold Action Against Assaults event at Scottish Parliament
The campaign will bring together MSPs, trade unions and campaigners to demand urgent action to tackle rising violence and abuse on public transport of both workers and passengers.
The event will highlight the growing risks faced by front-line transport workers,...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Action Against assaults, lone Working
BTP funding package will lead to job cuts
BTP made clear in the meeting that the third-year settlement creates a £2 million hole in its budget and would force reductions in headcount, mainly in frontline roles.
When BTP ran visible evening patrols at Kings Cross and St...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, BTP, Action Against Assaults
Rail unions warn BTP funding crisis is putting staff and passengers at risk
The warning comes as frontline officer numbers have fallen to unsafe levels amid rising crime across the rail network.
In a joint letter RMT, TUC, Aslef, TSSA and Unite, say years of cuts have pushed BTP officer numbers to “the...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, BTP, Action Against Assaults
RMT warns of surge in violence against rail workers while BTP presence cut
Official figures show a 17% rise in assaults on rail workers over the summer months compared with the same period last year.
Across the full reporting year to August 2025, the rate of offences has increased by nearly 13%, with 2,299 incidents recorded between...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, BTP, Action Against Assaults
RMT welcomes London Assembly Transport Committee call for action on station staff safety
The union said the committee is right to link fare evasion with staff assaults and highlight the urgent need for more frontline staff, properly resourced enforcement, and serious consequences for those who attack transport workers at work.
RMT General Secretary...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, London Assembly Transport Committee, Action Against Assaults
BTP cuts leave rail workers and passengers exposed to violence
The £8.5 million funding shortfall facing BTP this year could result in the closure of 13 police stations and the loss of around 600 posts including 200 filled roles.
The union said the cuts will leave frontline rail staff exposed to rising...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, BTP, Action Against Assaults
Government must guarantee jobs and pay in decarbonisation plans
General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “We welcome this independent report as decarbonisation is essential, but workers cannot be left behind especially in offshore oil and gas.
"There must also be a greater emphasis on investment to encourage a transition...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil and Gas, Just Transition,
RMT slams energy companies for resisting windfall tax
Over 40 companies have warned that any such plans threatened investment in all forms of domestic energy, including renewables despite having already slashed over 200,000 jobs and actively blocked publicly funded measures like an offshore training passport.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Windfall Tax, Oil, Gas
Contracted out gate line staff to strike on Northern Rail
RMT members who are employed by Carlisle Support Services work at Northern Rail gate lines but are paid less than directly employed staff and cannot enter the company pension scheme or receive sick pay from their employer.
The contractor...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Northern, Carlisle Support Services, Gateline, Strike
RMT responds to potential re-introduction of Super Puma in the offshore sector
Last year was the tenth anniversary of the last fatal Super Puma incident in the UK sector, which claimed the lives of four offshore workers, including RMT member Sarah Darnley.
33 offshore workers and helicopter crew died and 65 were rescued...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas, Super Puma, Helicopter
RMT responds to Just Transition Commission report
Responding to the report's publication, Offshore union RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said: “The Just Transition Commissioners in Scotland are absolutely right – there can be no more ‘business as usual’ on just transition issues anymore.
"We urgently need...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas, Just Transition
RMT response to Scottish government Offshore cash injection
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "This money needs to be used to train seafarers, protect the livelihoods and ensure permanent employment for offshore oil and gas workers.
"It is important that there is continued investment in an effective...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas,
RMT slams Equinor oil and gas profits
Responding to Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor profits of over £60bn, offshore workers' union RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "Equinor has made exorbitant profits off the back of offshore contractors, many of them from Britain, who have suffered...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil and Gas, Profits, Equinor
RMT remembers Falklands attacks
Merchant Seafarer Union RMT today remembered the seven Royal Fleet Auxiliary crew who lost their lives in the attacks on the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram on 8 June 1982 during the Falklands War.
RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said: “RMT pay...
Region: National
Tagged with: Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, RFA, Falklands,
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
Tagged with: Stonehaven, Carmont, Carillion, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, RAIB, Accident, Tragedy, Network Rail
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
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