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Where to find us: RMT South Wales & West; South West Office 14, Kingdom Business Centre, Kingdom House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4PB Telephone: 0117 925 5018 Meetings/ deliveries - which have been pre-arranged - can also be accommodated at: RMT, Temple Court, 13a Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA and at: RMT, Falcon House, Eagle Road, Langage, Plymouth, PL7 5JY Contacts at the South Wales and West; South West RMT: Regional Administrative Manager Gabriel Barton Regional Organisers Steve...

The call comes as dozens of workers continue to face the prospect of compulsory redundancy following Balfour Beatty’s announcement earlier this year that it intended to cut 67 jobs. RMT and the TUC have warned that allowing the loss of highly skilled rail engineering staff would further weaken the industry’s skills base at a time when the government has already acknowledged a looming workforce crisis across the railway.

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Speaking from the union’s AGM in Liverpool, Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary said: “Andy Burnham who has declared his intention to stand for the vacancy in 10 Downing Street, said this Labour Government has one ‘last chance to change’ and to ‘end trickle down economics.’ “We agree and that means intervening in the economy to expand public ownership, to raise wages, improve living standards and for the state to intervene to help working class people, not hang them out to dry at the mercy...

“We are deeply concerned by reports of a train collision between Bedford and Luton and the serious injuries sustained by on-board train staff and passengers. The thoughts of the whole union are with those affected and we continue to monitor the situation.”

The action follows Carlisle Support Services' continued refusal to negotiate a proper pay settlement through collective bargaining, despite increasing demands being placed on frontline staff including gate line operatives and revenue officers.

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