RMT members have demonstrated our commitment to keeping the tube and other TfL services running throughout the Covid 19 crisis. We want to provide the best possible service to workers in London but we reject workers being forced on to the tube without the necessary safety planning and before conditions are right.
The government is putting pressure of TfL and LUL to run a near 100% service to help carry more passengers as people are told to go back to work whether they can socially distance or not.
Dear Colleague
RMT advice to members on legislation in England requiring passengers on public transport to wear face coverings
Dear Colleague,
RMT writes to Grant Shapps warning that requirement for face masks on public transport risks being marred by confusion and conflict.
Transport union RMT has written to the Secretary of State Grant Shapps to warn a lack of consultation and proper discussion in the transport industry means that the requirement for face masks on public transport from 15th June risks being marred by “confusion and conflict.”
June 3rd 2020
Mick Cash, General Secretary and Michelle Rodgers, President:
George Floyd’s death is an indictment of entrenched racism within state forces. Racism has always and continues to inflict injustices on the black communities, not only in the US but also globally and in the UK.
Now is not the time for silence - we must shout our anger in the call for justice. The State must not be a tool for the expression of racism and hatred.
As trade unionists we stand united against state racism. No to silence, no to police brutality. Justice for all. Unity is strength.