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‘Congress has spoken: stop the ticket office closures’
TUC delegates pass emergency motion calling for urgent meetings with government and passenger watchdogs
People take part in a protest organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) opposite Downing Street, London, over the proposed closure of railway station ticket offices, August 31, 2023
TRADE unionists passed an emergency motion at the TUC Congress today calling for an urgent meeting with the government to halt railway ticket office closures.
TUC president Maria Exall declared: “Congress has spoken — stop the ticket office closures” as the motion was approved to rapturous applause in Liverpool.
The vote coincided with the Save Our Ticket Offices Campaign by rail union RMT receiving cross-party support in the Commons.
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