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RMT members remained solid
and determined during strike
action in three separate disputes
over rail safety earlier this
month.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that support was
absolutely solid in all areas as
RMT members continued the
fight to put safety and access
before private profit on
Southern, Northern and
Merseyrail.
"It's now time for Chris
Grayling and this minority
government to stop the great
British rail rip-off, end the
wholesale destruction of our rail
safety culture and force his
private contractors back to the
negotiating table.
"Support from our members
in all three disputes over public
safety on our railways is
absolutely solid as a rock.
"These strikes are about
putting passenger safety before
private profit and those that
seek to undermine the safety
culture on our railways in order
to fill their own pockets should
be called to account and forced
back to the negotiating table."
"RMT members are making a
stand for safe and accessible rail
for all in the face of a minority
government and a gang of
private train companies whose
SOLID
GUARD
STRIKE
ACTION
RMT strike action at
Southern, Northern
and Merseyrail ‘solid
as a rock’
NORTHERN: York
SOUTHERN: Barnham
SOUTHERN: Brighton
NORTHERN: Leeds
NORTHERN: Newcastle