RMT Union

RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey in a blue suit speaking at a clear podium labeled 'Redhills' inside a wood-panelled hall with seated audience members.

Speaker in a suit addressing an audience from a podium inside a grand hall with a projected quote about the past and future on the wall.

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Three men in suits stand together on stage, one holding a framed sheet of music, with a microphone and 'we build' text projected behind them.

RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey speaking at a Durham Miners' Gala Fundraiser last night at Redhills, Durham, alongside the RMT Fishburn Band.
📸 Neil Terry Photography

Two RMT members wearing matching red coats and ID badges stand outside a historic brick building, holding hands and smiling.

Two RMT members in uniforms shaking hands on a platform beside a modern high-speed train under a glass roof.

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Annila Saghir, Lead RMT Equality Representative for LNER, presenting colleagues with their 10-year service to union badges at Kings Cross.
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Northern Trains: End the dispute with Carlisle and bring outsourced rail workers in-house Northern Trains is becoming part of a publicly owned Great British Railways, which is good news for passengers and rail workers.  But many rail workers are being left out of Great British Railways because they are outsourced to private companies.  Outsourcing companies cut costs to boost profits, resulting in worse pay and conditions for staff and a worse service for passengers. Northern Trains currently outsources station staff, cleaners and security guards to Carlisle, ISS and...

🖋️ Please sign our petition
Northern Trains: End the dispute with Carlisle and bring outsourced rail workers in-house
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/northern-trains-end-the-dispute-with-carlisle-and-bring-outsourced-rail-workers-in-house

Two men standing indoors, one in a gray blazer and black sweater, the other in a green graphic t-shirt holding a small object.

At yesterday’s Kings Cross Branch AGM, RMT President & Branch Secretary for Kings Cross George Welch, presented the 25-year service badge to the Health and Safety representative for Train Mangers.

Group of diverse RMT members seated and standing in a bright conference room with large windows and ceiling lights.

Man in black hoodie speaking to a classroom of attentive adults seated at tables in a yellow-walled room.

RMT National Executive Committee Member, Dan Gibbons and Regional Organiser, John Parsons holding a Southeastern Local Divisional Council Representatives Station Grades meeting today.

Windrush line workers employed by Cleshar Contract Services Ltd, including the vital signalling and telecoms team, have been offered just a 1.5 per cent pay rise, well below the current rate of RPI inflation, and are taking industrial action today for pay justice.

'He pulled my hair and started hammering me' - bus driver tells of passenger attack Number of violent attacks on London transport workers doubles in a year as investigation hears of danger trying to tackle fare dodgers

📰 'He pulled my hair and started hammering me' - TfL frontline staff tell of horrific passenger attacks
#ActionAgainstAssaults
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Windrush line strike over pay Strike action on the Windrush Line will take place this Thursday after Cleshar CS Ltd failed to table a new pay offer despite repeated talks with the union.

Windrush line strike over pay

Strike action on the Windrush Line will take place this Thursday after Cleshar CS Ltd failed to table a new pay offer despite repeated talks with the union.
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RFA seafarers to strike in March Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers will take strike action on March 5th and 6th in a dispute over pay, transparency and compliance with minimum wage legislation.

RFA seafarers to strike in March

Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers will take strike action on March 5th and 6th in a dispute over pay, transparency and compliance with minimum wage legislation.
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Group of people posing indoors in front of a banner for the National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers, Chester branch.

Chester RMT Branch Meeting with RMT National Executive Committee member, Steve Conway in attendance.

RMT survey finds Network Rail failing to provide adequate toilets and welfare facilities RMT has accused Network Rail of failing to provide adequate toilet & welfare facilities

RMT survey finds Network Rail failing to provide adequate toilets and welfare facilities

RMT has accused Network Rail of failing to provide toilet and welfare facilities for maintenance patrol workers, warning that the situation may amount to breaches of health and safety law.
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Poster for Durham Miners' Gala Fundraiser featuring Eddie Dempsey and The RMT Fishburn Band at Redhills, Durham on Friday 27th February.

One Week To Go
Durham Miners' Gala Fundraiser
Join RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey and the RMT Fishburn Band
📅 Friday, February 27, 2026
⏰ 6.30 pm
🎟️ Tickets 🔗
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/marras/2064884

Piccadilly line fleet strike action RMT members at Northfield fleet maintenance depot servicing Piccadilly line trains are taking four days of strike action this week following a breakdown in industrial relations.

Piccadilly line fleet strike action

RMT members at Northfields fleet maintenance depot servicing Piccadilly line trains are taking four days of strike action this week following a breakdown in industrial relations.
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Action Against Assaults – Stronger legal protections for public transport workers RMT’s Action Against Assaults campaign is aimed at tackling the unacceptable extent of violence and abuse faced by public transport workers. As part of the campaign, we are seeking stronger legal pro...

No one should face abuse just for doing their job.

As Scotland heads toward the 2026 elections, will parties commit to creating a specific offence for assaulting a transport worker?

✉️ Use our letter. Write to your MSP.

#ActionAgainstAssaults
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RFA seafarers back strike action Overwhelming vote for strike action by seafarers

RFA seafarers back strike action
Maritime union, RMT has welcomed an overwhelming vote for strike action by seafarers employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) after management could not even demonstrate that it was complying with minimum wage legislation.
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Poster for Durham Miners' Gala Fundraiser featuring Eddie Dempsey and The RMT Fishburn Band at Redhills, Durham on February 27th.

Durham Miners' Gala Fundraiser
Join RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey and the RMT Fishburn Band
📅 Friday, February 27, 2026
⏰ 6.30 pm
🎟️ Tickets 🔗
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/marras/2064884

A group of people seated around a large conference table in a modern meeting room with wooden paneling and a red RMT banner at the center.

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RMT takes its Action Against Assaults campaign to the Scottish Parliament and calls for a new law to safeguard transport workers in Scotland against a sharp rise in assaults.

RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish parliament calls for new law The RMT's Eddie Dempsey will demand the creation of a standalone offence of assaulting or abusing a public transport worker at work.

RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish parliament calls for new law www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Pass new law to protect Scottish transport staff, union urges MSPs 'People who look after the public transport network should be safe'

📰 Pass new law to protect Scottish transport staff
RMT will take its Action Against Assaults campaign to the Scottish Parliament today
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RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish Parliament calls for new law RMT is demanding a new law to safeguard transport workers in Scotland against a sharp rise in assaults, ahead of a meeting with MSPs in Holyrood.

RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish Parliament calls for new law

RMT is demanding a new law to safeguard transport workers in Scotland against a sharp rise in assaults, ahead of a meeting with MSPs in Holyrood.
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Four men standing closely together inside a rustic brick-walled room with exposed pipes and a hanging light bulb.

Long service awards tonight at Hull Rail Branch.
25 year badges for Richard Barker and Peter March presented by RMT Regional Organisers, Gaz Jackson and Micky Thompson. 👏

Ticket to terror as Scots transport workers call for law against soaring attacks RMT union chiefs point to 'horrendous' stories of workers being spat on, abused and attacked while on duty on trains, buses and ferries.

📰 RMT union chiefs point to 'horrendous' stories of workers being spat on, abused and attacked while on duty on trains, buses and ferries.
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YouTube video by RMTtelevision City Hall demo to protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing

📹 "We believe City Hall has been captured by the corporations."
RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey speaking at a protest outside City Hall on 4th February, 2026, intensifying pressure on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to honour his pledge to bring cleaners back in-house.
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Two RMT members standing outside a modern glass building holding red flags on a sunny day, one wearing a black jacket and the other an orange safety vest.

Julian Thomas and RMT NEC member Steve Conway at this morning's City Hall demo demanding that Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan honours his pledge to bring TfL cleaners in-house.
#EndRailOutsourcing

RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey addresses a group of RMT protesters holding red RMT flags and a banner demanding TFL cleaning contracts be kept in-house outside a modern glass building.

"Outsourcing allows private firms to make super profits at the expense of the hard graft of our members, deny them sick pay, continue bullying management practices and strip our people of basic dignity at work."
Eddie Dempsey with a message to the Mayor of London to bring cleaners back in-house.

Group of RMT members holding red flags and a banner demanding cleaning contracts be kept in-house outside a modern glass building.

📢 RMT members protest outside City Hall urging the Mayor of London to honour his pledge to bring cleaners back in-house.

DLR cleaners to strike and protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing Outsourced cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway to strike

DLR cleaners to strike and protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing

Outsourced cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway will strike alongside a protest at Transport for London’s Board meeting today, calling on the Mayor to bring cleaners back in-house.
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Group of 14 RMT members standing in a conference room under a Scotland's Railway sign, with one holding an orange safety vest.

RMT Assistant General Secretary, Daren Ireland with National Maintenance Council Reps, Dane Smith and Mark Hall and RMT Scotland Reps at Network Rail Glasgow Maintenance Delivery Unit to discuss strategic issues.

Group of people posing indoors holding red and green RMT union flags in a community room.

Well attended RMT Holyhead 1 Branch Annual General Meeting.
Great to see newer members and some former branch officials keeping the flag
flying for our union in Holyhead.
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Flyer for a protest against rail outsourcing on Wednesday 4th February, 2026 at 9:30 am outside City Hall in London.

Insource TfL’s cleaners. End the corporate capture at TfL:
📢 Join our protest tomorrow outside the TfL Board meeting at City Hall
Wednesday 4th February 9.30am City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE