Show threadPeter RileyFeb 10

@pasttense @workingclasshistory

https://janinebooth.com/issues-and-campaigns/trade-unions/rmt/

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RMT - Janine Booth

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (UK). I have been a member since 1997, and served on the union's national executive 2011-13.

Janine Booth
Peter RileyFeb 9

@pasttense @workingclasshistory

Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

https://notesfrombelow.org/article/lessons-for-unison-3

#FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

Lessons for Unison #3

by Janine Booth // Part 3: Bob Crow

Notes From Below
Anarchism NewsJan 28
Searchlight: **Trade union tribute to Gerry Gable**

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/01/trade-union-tribute-to-gerry-gable/

The RMT trade union has just published this tribute to Searchlight’s founder, publisher and editor emeritus, Gerry Gable.

#News #GerryGable #RMT
Trade union tribute to Gerry Gable | Searchlight

RMT tribute to Gerry Gable The RMT trade union has just published this tribute to Searchlight's founder, publisher and editor emeritus, Gerry Gable.

RailpageJan 23
Exact dates when London Overground staff are to go on strike http://dlvr.it/TQWwTY #LondonOverground #Network #RailNews #RMT
Vibewire MagazineJan 23
Exact dates when London Overground staff are to go on strike http://dlvr.it/TQWwKT #LondonOverground #Network #RailNews #RMT
World news | The GuardianJan 2
UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/02/uk-government-end-rail-outsourcing-racket-rmt-union #RailIndustry #Outsourcing #Rmt #Business #RailTransport #TradeUnions #Transport #UkNews #LondonUnderground
UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union

RMT estimates six cleaning, security and catering suppliers made £150m profits last year

The Guardian
Obscure_Rebel has moved!Dec 4

“Private rail companies have trousered £1.8 billion since 2016”

by The Canary

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@uk_politics

“Rail union RMT has published the new analysis to mark the first anniversary of the Passenger Railways (Public Ownership) Act.

[..]

The report shows more than £510 million was paid out during and after the pandemic and £190.6 million in 2023/24 alone”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/12/04/private-rail-companies-have-trousered-1-8-billion-since-2016/

#Press #UK #Rail #Privatisation #RMT #Report #Extraction

Private rail companies have trousered £1.8 billion since 2016

Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8bn from the railway in dividends since 2016. Rail union RMT has published the new analysis

Canary
Vibewire MagazineDec 2
UK dockworkers union concerned over maritime safety http://dlvr.it/TPZb96 #Business #RMT #Safety #SafetySecurity
UK Railway and Transport NewsDec 2
UK dockworkers union concerned over maritime safety http://dlvr.it/TPZYzH #Business #RMT #Safety #SafetySecurity
moongoldNov 28

£1.8 billion has been extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals - #rmt

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/18-billion-extracted-by-private-business-since-2016-rmt-report/

"Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals."

#BritishRail #railways #railway #PublicTransport #society #capitalism #extraction #profit #money #rmt #union