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RMT members from Cardiff 7 branch joined the Tories Out march
held in London earlier this month. The man in the middle is Mark
Brice who retired on Ill health grounds that very day after 33
years of RMT membership and activism.
R
MT has pointed out that
passengers travelling on
services in the UK operated by
Italian, German and Dutch state
railways, are shelling out
multiples of what their
counterparts elsewhere in the
EU are paying for comparable
journeys on the continent run
by the same operator.
For example:
•
Passengers in the UK
travelling on Italian state
owned C2C railways are
paying 2.4 times more than
their counterparts on similar
services run by the same
operator in Italy;
•
Passengers in the UK
travelling on German state
owned Arriva North
railways are paying a third
more than their counterparts
on similar services run by
the same operator in
Germany; and
•
Passengers in the UK
travelling on Dutch state
owned Greater Anglia
railways are paying twice as
much as their Dutch
counterparts on similar
services run by the same
operator in The Netherlands.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that passengers
travelling on lines operated by
Italian, German and Dutch state
railways could be paying
around two and a half times
more than their counterparts on
comparable journeys on the
continent run by the same
operator.
“That means UK passengers
on our clapped out privatised
railway, are paying more and
more to help keep fares down
on other European railways.
“It is a national scandal that
this Government is perpetuating
by allowing more foreign state
owned outfits to bid for British
rail services, while
simultaneously blocking any
British public ownership of our
railways,” he said.
RMT has signed off a trade
union recognition agreement
with Nottingham Community
Transport bus company which
operates many routes
throughout the city.
Neil Clark of Nottingham
Community Transport is signing
on behalf of the company with
RMT regional organiser Sean
McGowan and behind them are
senior RMT reps within the
company, Brother Alan Mycroft
and Brother Andy Fletcher.
TORIES OUT
NOTTINGHAM
BUS
RECOGNITION
DEAL
EU OWNERS ROB
UK RAIL
PASSENGERS TO
HOLD DOWN THEIR
DOMESTIC FARES