DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION IS DANGEROUS
… RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that the union was completely opposed to Driver Only Operation and its forms, including Driver Controlled Operation (DCO) / Drive Door Operation (DDO …
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SOUTHERN SHELVES EXTENSION OF DRIVER-ONLY TRAINS
… RMT members on the eve of the general election lobbied Holyrood against the highly-dangerous extension of Driver Only Operation on Scotrail services and for the renationalisation of …
NO TO EAST WEST DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION
… RMTnews 5 RMT has rejected plans to introduce Driver Only Operation (DOO) on the new East West Rail line after Chiltern Railways vowed to operate services on the …
NO EXTENSION OF DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION AT SET
… NO EXTENSION OF DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION AT SET RMT warns Southeastern Trains against extension of driver-only operation
FIGHTING DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION
… RMTnews 12 FIGHTING DRIVER- ONLY OPERATION Train crew conference vows support for those fighting to keep the guard on the train Train crew and shunting grades met in …
STRIKING FOR GUARDS
… RMTnews 6 RMT members on Great Anglia and South Western Railway took 24-hour strike action late last month against the extension of driver-only operation on the …
NO DOO ON SCOTRAIL
… RMTnews 4 Over a hundred conductors on Scotrail are being balloted for strike action over Driver Only Operation (DOO) trains which will close on April 11. Bosses at …
SCOTRAIL STRIKE VOTE
… RMTnews 11 Members working at ScotRail have voted overwhelmingly for both strike action and industrial action short of a strike over the extension of Driver Only Operation and …
NO TO DRIVER-ONLY OPERATION
… RMTnews 16 up by the progress made in the long fight against Driver Only Operation. Ivor Riddell, Medway, gave the welcoming address telling delegates about the long local …
NO DOO ON EAST WEST RAIL
… RMTnews 7 RMT activists and supporters demonstrated in early January outside Marylebone station in opposition to plans to introduce Driver Only Operation (DOO) on the new East West …
NO TO DOO!
… NO TO DOO! Rail unions oppose Driver- Only Operation at Merseyrail
UNION WINS SUPPORT AGAINST DRIVER ONLY OPERATION AT SCOTRAIL
… RMTnews 5 First Scotrail is openly admitting to MSPs that it is prepared to breach contract terms over train staffing levels in order to introduce Driver Only Operation …
KEEP THE GUARD ON THE TRAIN KEEP THE TRAIN SAFE
… In a letter to train operators RMT has sought concrete agreement that there will be no extension of Driver Only Operation and guarantees that guard’s will remain …
DRIVER-ONLY TRAINS DISADVANTAGE DISABLED PASSENGERS
… RMT general secretary Mick Cash pointed out that even the bosses own standards body admits that disabled passengers are disadvantaged with Driver Only Operation. “This goes to the …
GUARD OUR HEROES
… RMTnews 14 STOP DRIVER ONLY OPERATION GUARD OUR HEROES RMT demands that Scotrail and the Scottish government scrap plans to axe Guards following another train derailment– with the …
NO TO DRIVER ONLY OPERATION ON SCOTRAIL
… RMTnews 15 RMT has launched a campaign to defend the role of the guard at ScotRail after the company tabled short-sighted proposals to extend Driver Only Operation …
MERSEYRAIL BALLOT OVER DOO
… MERSEYRAIL BALLOT OVER DOO Company refuses to guarantee the future safety-critical role of the guard and claims driver-only operation is safer
NEW MERSEYRAIL TRAINS NEED GUARDS
… NEW MERSEYRAIL TRAINS NEED GUARDS Union warns that Driver- Only Operation on Merseyside not an option
GUARD VICTORY AT SCOTRAIL
… guards present to deal with them. “To continue along the path to driver-only operation in these circumstances would be nothing short of reckless,” he said. R MT …
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST INTER-CITY SERVICE CUTS
… RMT has been battling against proposals for driver only operation and the removal of buffet cars and their replacement by a trolley service reducing the safety critical operational …
GUARDS WIN ON WEST MIDLANDS
… RMTnews 5 S trike action on West Midlands Trains over plans to bulldoze through driver-only operation was called off last month following an improved offer from the …
FIRST GREAT WESTERN STRIKE BALLOT
… and move the entire operation over to Driver Only Operation. There are also unspecified cuts to ticket offices and station staffing that will only be quantified fully in …
PUBLISH SOUTHERN RAIL REPORTS
… Mick Cash also pointed out that there was an agreement in place that there will be no extension of Driver Only Operation and no threat to guards’ jobs …
CAMPAIGNING FOR GUARDS
… The union has pointed out that the move by Arriva to expand driver-only operation would mean nearly half a million trains running annually without a safety critical …
RAIL WORKERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST CUTS
… to close ticket offices, cut track and infrastructure maintenance, run trains under Driver Only operation, cut jobs across the industry and introduce more ‘multi- functional roles’ More than …