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Northern Rail chiefs ‘covered up safety risk’
RMT says leak reveals corners cut during strike
NORTHERN RAIL stood accused yesterday of showing “cavalier and dangerous disregard for safety” by covering up technical failures during strike action taken by maintenance staff.
A leaked email seen by rail union RMT appears to show a senior manager praising his team for the cover-up during the dispute taken by maintenance depot drivers.
Drivers at Heaton (Newcastle) and Neville Hill (Leeds) traincare depots are locked in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over pay and job regrading.
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