Rail workers and industry skills leaders have called for a workforce strategy under Great British Railways, warning that fragmentation, short-term funding cycles and a narrow focus on cutting labour costs are holding back productivity across the railway.
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Thank you to Rachael Maskell MP for explaining why the Government must ensure full protections for the staff employed by open access operators, and enable these staff to transfer into GBR in the future.
90th Anniversary Commemoration - Battle of De Winton Field, Tonypandy
📅 This Saturday, June 13, 2026 12.00 noon
Speakers include former RMT President, Alex Gordon
Thank you to Andy McDonald MP for tabling important amendments to the Railways Bill which would ensure, in line with Labour’s Plan for Rail, that GBR is a single employer, creating a far simpler and efficient structure and treating staff as an asset, not as a cost to be cut.
RMT Scotland Organiser, John Hay and London and Anglia Organiser, Kathy Mazur organising and recruiting Mitie Cleaning Staff at London Euston and King's Cross today.
Thanks to John McDonnell MP for tabling an important amendment on the need for GBR to deliver on the Govt’s pledge to oversee the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation & bring outsourced workers in jobs such as cleaning, catering, security and working on the rail infrastructure in-house to GBR
Thanks to John McDonnell MP for speaking about the importance of GBR having an industry wide travel facilities scheme for all rail workers
Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign:
Anniversary March and Rally this Saturday, June 13, 2026
Speakers include RMT Regional Organiser, Gaz Jackson
Thank you to Rachael Maskell MP for tabling amendments to the Railways Bill which would make sure that GBR has a duty to protect staff from assaults at work #ActionAgainstAssaults
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Rail workers and industry skills leaders call for a workforce strategy
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Who were #Portsmouth's First World War railwaywomen?
With the support of @networkrail.bsky.social, @southwestern.bsky.social & the @rmtunion.bsky.social, we're trying to find out more - especially during #Portsmouth100.
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