strikes

Southern to move forward with plans after losing patience with union

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Chris Milner

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15th August 2016

GOVIA Thameslink Railway, the parent company of Southern trains, has said it is to move forward with modernisation plans to introduce wide use of Driver Only Operation (DOO) after the latest talks at Acas with the RMT ended without agreement. In short, GTR has lost patience with the RMT in a dispute that has been…
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RMT calls more rail staff out on strike

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Chris Milner

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12th August 2016

NEWS that the RMT union has called strikes with two more train operators will add to a summer of discontent for thousands of rail passengers. On top of the long running dispute with Southern and its parent company Govia Thameslink Railway over driver only operated trains (DOO), the RMT has called on its staff to…
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RMT calls off ScotRail strikes, but no such luck on Southern

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Chris Milner

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3rd August 2016

FURTHER planned strikes by RMT union members working for ScotRail have been called off for the time being so that further talks can take place to find a resolution to the dispute. The rail workers are striking over extending the driver only operation (DOO) which is envisaged when the new Hitachi Class 385 units –…
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RMT calls five-day strike in Southern guards dispute

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Chris Milner

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28th July 2016

THE RMT union has intensified its industrial action on Southern by calling a five day strike, running from 00.01 on August 8 to 23.59 on August 12. Only a week previously, the union had said it would suspend industrial action for three months to allow talks to take place provided Southern suspended plans for extending driver…
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strikes

Southern to move forward with plans after losing patience with union

RMT calls more rail staff out on strike

RMT calls off ScotRail strikes, but no such luck on Southern

RMT calls five-day strike in Southern guards dispute

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