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RMTnews :: april 2006 :: www.rmt.org.uk
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After a detailed study of the
Invitation to Tender document
which RMT requested from the
Department for Transport under
the Freedom of Information Act,
the union has discovered that
bidders were asked not to
exclude any extension of Driver
Only Operated Trains and to
have a industrial relations plan
for removing guards from trains.
“The document reveals
information that will be of great
concern to passengers and
workers alike,” RMT general
secretary Bob Crow said.
The union also found that the
Invitation to Tender required
bidders to consider changes to
station staffing policy, when
only at the end of last year the
government had overruled
previous efforts by South
Eastern Trains to scrap 100
station staff jobs.
“At the height of public
concerns for passenger safety
and security on trains it is
unbelievable that these sorts of
cuts are being considered,” said
Bob.
The winner of the Franchise,
Govia, will receive over half a
billion pounds in public subsidy
and the union demanded the
company comes clean on what
their intentions are for staffing
stations and trains.
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The new Integrated Kent
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WARNING: RMT has long-warned that the re-privatisation of South Eastern Trains
would led to service cuts and job losses