RAILWAY workers are preparing to ballot for the first national rail strike in a generation after accusing the Tories of playing “fast and loose” with workers’ pension schemes.
The RMT have begun strike ballot preparations after it said the government failed to offer “cast-iron assurances” to protect current pension arrangements.
The union is demanding that Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and all train company operators do not impose reductions in future pension benefits or significantly increase member contributions.
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work