MORE THAN 3,000 rail engineering workers at six of Network Rail’s key contractors are to be balloted for industrial action by Britain’s biggest rail union over jobs after each failed to give assurances that there would be no compulsory redundancies. Around 1,000 RMT members at Jarvis have already...

To: FAO: All RMT Members of South West Trains Dear Colleagues, Just a short reminder that all members of RMT who will be attending Displacement Interviews following the Company's proposed cuts in jobs throughout SWT that you are entitled to be accompanied by an RMT Representative and do ensure...

A certain Keith Dunnell who holds the post of National Statistician has revealed  figures showing that jobs for foreign workers has increased at a far greater level than jobs for British workers. Since Labour came to power in 1997 the jobs for foreign workers has almost doubled whilst jobs for British ...

Workers and ex-workers in oil and power construction are striking and protesting against foreign workers being imported into the UK to do jobs that they could do. Welcome to the club: Textile workers - jobs exported to India, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, China etc Shoe workers - jobs exported to Portugal and Poland and then re-exported to India and China IT support, web design - jobs exported to I...

RMT General Bob Crow secretary writes: RMT doesn’t resort to industrial action lightly, that’s just a myth peddled by some sections of the media. The fact is that Tube workers have been driven into walking out today. Tube bosses have deliberately provoked this confrontation and RMT wants the...

RMT condemns Stagecoach attack on jobs as rail revenues soar Dear colleague, You may have seen reports today that the Stagecoach group has announced that its UK rail revenues have increased by 6.7 per cent since October. The news underlines the complete injustice of the group’s plan to...

OFFSHORE ENERGY UNION RMT kept up the pressure on Vestas and the government for today’s re-scheduled court hearing for repossession and as the occupation of the wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight heads into its third week. At the weekend, RMT made a formal complaint to the police under the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act

The following motion was passed last night at an RMT branch meeting, I am pleased to report that it was supported from a range of left organisations, both SWP and AWL members spoke in support. Hasta Victoria Station Siempre “This RMT branch, (Hammersmith & City, London Underground) sends its support and fraternal greetings to the strikers at

Today, understandably, workers are protesting at Killingholme, in the Labour heartland of Humberside, and elsewhere, about the disgraceful No British Need Apply policies of the Government/Industry, and the discrimination against British workers in employing migrant workers. ‘British Jobs for British Workers’ could have been Brown’s masterstroke, but instead it is his epitaph. Pol...

Many thanks to my (Labour activist) friend Chris for sending over this rather disturbing photograph he took whilst passing the headquarters of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) this lunchtime. Yes chaps; that is a Cuban...