SAVE OUR STATIONS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: may 2018 :: RMTnews 14 SAVE OUR STATIONS Station grades conference calls for campaign to defend jobs and an end to lone working Delegates to the industrial organising conference of station and associated grades meeting in Reading called on the union to fight to save station jobs. Chris Reilly, Reading branch said that station management were often not following agreements reached between the RMT and the union. “Staff are being told to accept additional duties with no extra pay, to move from rostering agreements or they are just ignoring reps concerns when issues are brought to them. “We need a major campaign to protect all grades on every stations network from being treated in this way and to protect the roles and jobs before we end up with stations with either no or just a few staff involved with the safe working of the railway,” he said. Conference called for a re- launch of the Save our Stations campaign to be run in conjunction with other grades as well to highlight their own issues and fights. Jenny Adams, Camden No 3 said that despite major incidents on London Underground in the last two years and constant trade union pressure the issue of unstaffed stations was getting worse not better. “The union is already doing Mick Cash unveils new banner