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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a visit to the Leicester hub of Network Rail contractors SPL to see wiring gantries being built, in December 2021
JOB cuts planned by Network Rail threaten railway safety and are likely to spark an industrial dispute, transport union TSSA warned today.
In a letter to the publicly owned company’s boss, Andrew Haines, TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes outlined “grave concerns” over reports that a compulsory redundancy programme is imminent.
The railway infrastructure firm, which the union said was seeking savings of nearly £4 billion by 2024, wants to axe more than 900 management-grade jobs, on top of a voluntary severance scheme that has already seen more than 1,000 workers leave.
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
