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RMT slams Foreland Shipping over pay inequality amid soaring profits and MoD contract windfall
Foreland Shipping operates the Strategic Sealift Service under a long-running Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deal with the MoD.
Originally set to run for 25 years, the contract was extended in December 2024 to 2031 at a total value of £476 million.
The company’s...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Forland Shipping, Maritime, Seafarers
ScotRail’s 3.8% fare hike is punishing passengers and undermining climate goals
The fare increase comes off the back of the Scottish Government signing off on plans to cut hours at the majority of ScotRail ticket offices, undermining accessibility and passenger support across the network.
It also follows the reintroduction of...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, ScotRail, fares
RMT urges Avanti to address ticket office staff shortages
Following a successful campaign led by RMT — with overwhelming public support — plans to close ticket offices nationwide were abandoned.
However, Avanti has yet to reverse staffing decisions made during the closure threat.
Over recent months, the...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Avanti West Coast, Ticket Offices, Staffing
RMT welcomes TfL e-bikes ban
Recent fires involving e-bikes with large batteries on the network, have caused safety concerns amongst tube workers and passengers.
Responding to the decision, RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: "We welcome the banning of non-folding e-bikes from the tube...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Tube, E-Bikes, TfL, London Underground
RMT responds to Chancellor's Spring Statement
"Unless there is a fundamental shift in the structure of our economy that redistributes wealth toward investment in our infrastructure, housing, and services, the cycle of falling living standards and shifting wealth to the super-rich and corporations will continue for...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Spring Statement, Rachel Reeves
Underpaid, Overworked, ignored – RMT members demand urgent reform for bus industry
Data from two surveys of over 500 bus workers paints a stark picture of a workforce undervalued, overworked, and exposed to daily risk.
Key findings:
· 72.6% say low pay is the main reason colleagues are leaving the job, with many...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Bus Workers
Foreland Shipping seafarers overwhelmingly reject pay offer
85% of RMT members want a better deal and the union has written to the employer calling for an urgent meeting with management in an effort to resolve the matter and avoid the need to move to a ballot for strike...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Foreland Shipping, Seafarers
Staff cuts undermine accessibility, Transport Select Committee report confirms
RMT gave oral evidence to the inquiry in September 2023 after the previous Government pushed plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices and cut around 2,300 station staff jobs.
These controversial plans were only scrapped after a massive public backlash, led...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Transport Select Committee, Staff Cuts, Accessibility
Outsourced cleaners will take strike action on Merseyrail
Despite repeated attempts to negotiate, outsourcing firm Churchill Services has refused to put forward an acceptable offer, leaving workers no other option but to take strike action.
RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey said:
“Churchill must recognise that our members are...
Region: North West
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Merseyrail, Churchill Services, Cleaners
RMT responds to Labour welfare cuts announcement
Eddie Dempsey RMT general secretary said: "Welfare cuts target people who rely on support to survive, including disabled people, carers, the unemployed, and those in insecure work.
“For the past 40 years our economy has been marked by low investment,...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Welfare Cuts, Labour Party
RMT calls for greater seafarers' protections on third P&O anniversary
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said:
“The government has taken some big steps in the right direction.
“But there is more to do to stop another P&O Ferries from happening.
“We want to continue to work with ministers to go...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, P&O Ferries, Fire And Rehire
RMT calls for e-bikes ban on Tube
The incident could have been far worse if the e-bike had been inside a tube train, putting those on board at severe risk.
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: "TfL needs to take immediate action and ban e-bikes from...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Tube, Underground, e-bike, London Mayor, Sadiq Khan
RMT accepts Avanti deal, ending rest day working dispute
The agreement, secured after several days of strike action, delivers significant improvements for Train Managers, including:
- Pay rates increasing to time plus a quarter, and time plus a half for Saturdays and Sundays.
- Minimum shift payment rising from six hours...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Avanti West Coast, Train Managers, Rest Day Working
North Sea Collision
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “Our thoughts are with all the seafarers working on both vessels and their families.
“A collision on the open seas is a deeply troubling incident and the resulting fire has international attention. Not only...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Stena Immaculate, Solong
Eddie Dempsey elected as RMT general secretary
He previously served as RMT’s Senior Assistant General Secretary, and will take over from Mick Lynch tomorrow (Friday 7 March.)
Mr Dempsey has been a leading figure in the union’s campaigns for fair pay, job security, and better conditions for...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, general Secretary
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