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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: november/december 2017 :: RMTnews 8 RMT took part in commemora- tions for the 30th anniversary of the King’s Cross fire, the worst fire in the history of the London Underground claiming the lives of 31 people and seriously injuring many more at King's Cross station. RMT general secretary Mick Cash and RMT regional organiser John Leach laid a wreath on behalf of the union. “Our thoughts are with all of those who lost their lives or were injured in this tragic event which still resonates throughout the transport industry thirty years on. “The Kings Cross Fire stands alongside the appalling disaster at Grenfell Tower as a reminder to everyone that safety and regulation must remain our watchwords regardless of what the bottom line says on a set of accounts. “RMT has pledged to continue to fight cuts to jobs and budgets across London Underground, the wider rail industry and every sector that this trade union organises in. “We will oppose with every tool at our disposal any moves which compromise the safety culture or water down the regulatory framework. “This commemoration will reinforce in all of us the need to be ever vigilant in respect of the safest possible staffing, standards and legislation to avoid a repeat of this tragedy,” he said. The blaze is thought to have started around 7:25pm on November 18 1987, when a lit match fell through a gap on a 3706 :: november/r d / ecember 2017 :: RMTnews NEVER AGAIN On the 30th anniversary of the Kings Cross fire union calls for end to £5.2 billion Tube cuts plan NEVER AGAIN: RMT general secretary Mick Cash lays a wreath at the Kings Cross fire memorial