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RMT branches brought their
banners to this year’s May Day
rally to demand public
ownership of Britain's railways
and to end the sc andal of
poverty pay on Britain's ships of
shame.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash told the Trafalgar Square
rally of the union’s battle
against the rail operators’ drive
to strip away safety-critical
staff.
“This dispute is about making
sure they do not place profit
before safety and our fight to
keep guards on trains
“If the government have their
way, there will be millions of
guard-less trains running,
making it less safe and less
accessible.
“We are not giving up and
will fight to keep railways safe.
“We need a railway for the
benefit of the country and
passengers and not for the spivs
and profiteers.
Mr Cash said that the way to
do this was to renationalise the
railways, as the Labour Party
intends to: “If other nations can
run our railways, so can we.
Bring it back to public
ownership.
“We need a party for the
many, not the few,” he said.
CELEBRATING
MAY DAY
RMT joins TUC May Day march in London
to celebrate workers’ day