Pay and conditions

The fight for better pay and conditions for rail workers

Unipart Rail workers strike

Workers at Unipart Rail in Crewe, which provides engineering services for infrastructure, signalling, and rolling stock, are striking from 29 August to 1 September.

The workers have rejected the company’s latest 4.25% pay offer, which RMT has described as “derisory”.

It’s good they’re kicking...

Outsourced Eurostar security staff ballot for strikes

Outsourced security staff on Eurostar, employed by the contractor Mitie, are balloting for strikes to win the reinstatement of an unfairly sacked colleague. The ballot runs from 11 July to 1 August.

A separate dispute over pay is also in the offing, as workers have rejected the employer's latest...

Elizabeth Line workers gear up for pay fight

Pay talks for 2023/24 on the Elizabeth Line in London begin in earnest in the first week of April, despite the previous settlement expiring on 1 April.

Management has offered 5% pay rise, 3% now plus 2% in October, but with terms-and-conditions changes, such as seven-day working. The union reps...

Rail cleaners strike again

Cleaners on six mainline rail contracts (see below for details) will strike again from 14-15 April, as they continue their fight for a £15/hour minimum wage, improved sick pay, staff travel passes, and improved pensions.

RMT cleaners have been fighting the battle for some time, with multiple rounds...

RMT re-ballots on TOCs: vote yes, plan for escalation!

RMT ballot papers for renewing the industrial action mandate in TOCs will go out on Thursday 6 April, with the ballot closing on 4 May.

Off The Rails encourages all readers in RMT in TOCs to vote yes. But, contrary to the suggestion in recent communication from the union, it’s not merely renewing...

Network Rail settlement: a track worker's view

While some (mostly not actual Network Rail workers) are lauding the dispute outcome as a win, let's just pause and look at the actual events that led up to this 'victory'.

Back in the heady days of May, we delivered a resounding majority in favour of strike action. The activists had worked hard...

Balfour Beatty engineering workers to strike

Railway engineering workers at Balfour Beatty will strike in March and April, after RMT members turned down a 5.5% pay offer, representing a significant pay cut relative to inflation.

Strikes will take place as follows:

22.00 on Friday 3 March and 09.59 on Sunday 5 March
22.00 on Friday 10 March...

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