SOLID STRIKE ACTION

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: september 2022 :: RMTnews 6 Over 53,000 RMT members took strike action on train operating companies, Network Rail, London Overground and Underground last month against jobs cuts, attacks on pensions, low pay and the imposition of working practices. Members on London Overground voted overwhelmingly take strike action after rejecting a below inflation pay offer and negotiations with Tube employers have failed to make any progress on cuts imposed by the government. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that all members were determined to protect their pensions, secure a decent pay rise, job security and good working conditions. The union slammed plans announced by Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps to impose new contracts on railway workers, effectively ‘fire and re-hire’ on worse conditions, unless RMT calls off strike action. The Tory minister told Sky News that if the dispute cannot be settled “we will have to move to what’s called a Section 188, it’s a process of actually requiring these changes to go into place”. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that Mr Shapps had no authority to issue Section 188 notifications as he was not the legal employer but now seems intent on forcing through fire and re-hire on rail workers despite previously claiming that he had nothing SOLID STRIKE ACTION Majority of RMT members take strike action on rail and tube services against job and pays cuts