First time speaker at TUC Cymru Congress Mick Lynch moving the RMT motion on a return to public ownership of the railways.

Staffed by fantastic RMT members keeping the capital moving and Londoners safe.

First class thread from Grahame Morris ⬇️

Matthew Campbell-Hill ASLEF RMT Mick Whelan There has been consensus from the sessions so far we need a long term plan for our railways. 🚅

The ‘feast or famine’ nature of investment & procurement is not working.

We need to give all stakeholders reassurance that the industry is stable for it to grow.📈 7/7 ASLEF

Matthew Campbell-Hill ASLEF RMT If we want to end fragmentation to improve our railways, the workforce needs to be represented at the top table. RMT ASLEF Mick Whelan

We need less fragmentation to save the taxpayer money and improve performance. #RailReform 6/7

Matthew Campbell-Hill There has been no structure to the way our railways have been run since privatisation.

There is no 'official industry forum' where stakeholders like ASLEF & RMT can discuss how the railways should be run.

Draft Rail Reform Bill must address this disjointedness. 5/7

#OnThisDay 1915 the #Quintinshill disaster killed 226.

In this blog @UoP_history student George Robinson looks at the life & death of James Hannah, fireman of 1 of the trains involved.

He appears in our database, via his Union (@RMTunion).

Read more:

railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-quintinshi…

Yesterday in Defence Questions I urged Ministers to recognise the vital work that RFA seafarers carry out and to meet with the RMT to urgently address the erosion of pay essential to retaining skilled RFA ratings now and in the future. ⛴️ 🛟⚓️

NEW BLOG POST!

We look at the men who died in the #Manton tunnel explosion on 24 May 1924 - John Cockerill & William Hibbert.

They left 2 widows & 3 children - what happened to their dependents after the men died?

#Manton 100

railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/manton-tunnel-…

📷@NetworkRail

Fair Pay For RFA
RMT Royal Fleet Auxiliary Convenor, Ian Parkin, explains why pay justice for Seafarers is essential for the future of the RFA
#FairPayForRFA

⚖️ Justice for Carlisle Support Workers
Two important events this Friday in our fight for justice and equality for outsourced, zero-hour Carlisle Support Services workers
Please share and support

Our latest issue, ‘Civil War Without Guns,’ is out now.

Arthur Scargill, Seumas Milne, David Peace and more explore the social fabric that fought and sustained the miners’ strike, what we lost in defeat, and how we rebuild.

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The graphic novel of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists makes Robert Tressell’s forceful points easy to follow. It’s a faithful adaptation that makes a classic novel accessible and engaging - have you seen it?

Fair Pay for RFA
RMT Royal Fleet Auxiliary members on the picket line yesterday in our fight for pay justice for Seafarers.
#FairPayForRFA

🙏 Please share 🙏 Platform 1 at Hexham station, either use the hearing loop for announcements OR see the departure board, but not both, because Northern refuse to move a car park sign. No dignity. No help.
Hexham Courant Northern 🚆
youtu.be/jTRiYo1IRqc?si…

Importantly, RMT will be represented as we remember the #Manton accident, as the men involved in the accident were members of the NUR, one of the RMT's predecessor unions.

#Manton 100

Yesterday, RMT Royal Fleet Auxiliary members took to the picket line in our fight for Fair Pay For RFA.
⚖️ Pay Justice For RFA Seafarers
#FairPayForRFA

The joys of a privatised railway!
The staff will look after you

Don’t get into the myth that Sinn Féin or any other political party is going to come in and save trade unionism and working class organisations.

We’ve got to do it ourselves. 💪

It’s a world of opportunity for us and we’ve got to seize it.

RMT Mick Lynch at #TressellFest

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