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RMT has secured an important
breakthrough in the long-
running campaign over rail
safety, security and access after
members on Greater Anglia
voted by nine to one on a
turnout of 80 per cent to accept
a new offer enshrining the
guard guarantee on services.
RMT hailed the strength and
resilience of members on
Greater Anglia through 12 days
of strike action over almost a
year which has been the corner
stone in securing the significant
breakthrough.
The union said that the
Greater Anglia agreement
showed what can be won
through serious negotiations
with train operators and now
turns the spotlight on South
Western Railway and Northern.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash paid tribute to RMT
members on Greater Anglia
who’s long and determined
struggle over the core issue of a
railway that’s safe, secure and
accessible for all has been the
foundation of the agreement
approved in the referendum
ballot.
“It is the resilience of RMT
members over almost a year
that has secured the guard
guarantee on Greater Anglia
trains that we have been
seeking.
“They are a credit to the
entire trade union movement.
“The agreement comes after
similar deals have been done,
including negotiated settlements
across Scotland and Wales, that
have the guard guarantee at
their core.
“We now need to roll that
principle out to the train
companies where we remain in
dispute and deliver the kind of
safe, secure and accessible
railway for all that the
travelling public rightly
demand,” he said.
GREATER ANGLIA
GUARD GUARANTEE
Deal on Greater Anglia halting the extension
of driver-only operation shows the way