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Back the RMT campaign against Network Rail cuts

25th March 2010

RMT and TSSA members have voted for strike action for four days from 6th April against cuts by Network Rail.

Network Rail has announced that they will cut 1,500 workers responsible for inspecting and repairing the track, signals and overhead lines. Hundreds of workers have contacted a confidential email line to say lives could be put at risk by reducing track safety inspections, delaying the repair of faulty level crossings, and reducing safety checks on railway signals.

Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said:

“These issues aren’t about extra money… this is about the safety of the railway network”

What you can do:

Ask your MP to sign EDM 80 ‘Network Rail and Safety’ tabled by Linda Riordan MP
Email Network Rail Chief Executive Iain Coucher ((JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and tell him to stop the cuts
Visit the RMT website for more information

Watch the video, including interviews with Bob Crow and John McDonnell MP to find out more

Background

Rail bosses are using the recession as an excuse to attack jobs and conditions and cut back on services and essential rail works, and hike rail fares - as LEAP research suggested they would. Thousands of jobs are being threatened or have been lost. At the same time rail fat cats are raking in big profits and bonuses on the back of the most expensive fares in Europe. Make no mistake: as the recession worsens so will the attack on rail workers and rail services. [continue...]