STAFF OUR STATIONS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: may 2011 :: RMTnews 12 A co-ordinated industrial and political campaign can halt concerted attacks by train- operating companies on station staff jobs, delegates at the station grades conference declared. A highly charged gathering in the north Wales resort of Rhyl sketched a plan of action, including industrial action and a national public campaign aimed at harnessing popular support for safer stations. The full-scale onslaught on station staffing threatened jobs, safety and service standards and undermined all other grades, delegates agreed, adding that the campaign should identify itself clearly with the growing anti-cuts movement that was signalled by the huge demonstration held in London in March. The hypocrisy of those seeking to divert attention from government cuts by whipping up wedding hysteria, while cleaners were denied the right to time off and half of Britons earned less than £408 a week was slammed by assistant general secretary Pat Sikorski. Leaks of the McNulty report on the future of railways in Britain gave a clear indication of the government plan to slash STAFF OUR STATIONS RMT station grades meeting in Rhyl prepare battle plan to defend jobs and station safety