Following the appalling attacks on London Underground in July, RMT called for the withdrawal of plans to scrap Tube safety rules and planned station staff job cuts. RMT has joined Labour MPs to demand the withdrawal of plans to scrap vital safety rules introduced after the 1987 King's Cross fire tragedy. The union has also called on London Underground to drop cost- cutting plans to axe hundreds of station staff jobs. “The introduction of these cost- cutting measures were unacceptable before July 7 but these terrible events show just how vital safety rules and the presence of trained uniformed staff are,” said RMT general secretary Bob Crow. RMT DEFENDS TUBE FIRE-SAFETY RULES