Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced that RMT Conductors will walk out again on Tuesday 21 June (next week) due to disagreements about a new role introduced by GTR. Talks between RMT and GTR at ACAS on 13 June ended without an agreement to amend GTR’s plans. RMT tabled a seven-point plan based on retaining the […]
The Eastbourne Traveller
Our next case study is a manager from Eastbourne who “works” in London. The works is in quotation marks because she is allowed to work from home, so she does not need to commute every day, only once or twice a month. “I suppose I am a lucky one because for several years now I […]
Local MPs press rail operator to improve services
Amber Rudd, Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye, and Huw Merriman, Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle met Southern in Parliament on 8 June. The MPs challenged the rail operator to do more to improve rail services which have badly let down local people in recent weeks. Representatives of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) […]