RMT respond to London Midland’s consultation plans

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Rail Union RMT have released a statement regarding London Midland’s consultation plans, “slamming London Midland for a campaign of dirty tricks over the statutory consultation over plans that would axe 122 full time jobs, slash the opening hours at 86 out of 90 ticket offices and close nine ticket offices in their entirety.”

RMT state they have demanded a total halt to the consultation after it emerged that posters displayed at London Midland stations asking passengers their views were found to contain incorrect contact information.

The union also revealed “that key information relevant to the cuts and redundancies, including the jobs and grades in the firing line, have not been made available and existing agreements on redeployment are not being adhered to. As a result, RMT has demanded the withdrawal of the proposals and has warned of a ballot for industrial action to defend jobs and terms and conditions.”

Regional transport organisation Centro have already opposed the planned cuts and RMT is running a high profile political and public campaign aimed at stopping the proposals in their tracks.

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:

“The consultation on London Midland’s savage cuts plans has been exposed as totally flawed and they have not even followed agreed procedure to deal with potential redundancies. The very least that they should now do is pull back, scrap the proposals and get down to some proper discussions on a way out of this mess with RMT, Centro and the rest of the stakeholders.

“To try and bulldoze these cuts through would be a scandal and denying the public a genuine opportunity to have their say makes a total mockery of the consultation process. We will not tolerate the company’s total disregard for agreed procedures and if we are forced to ballot for action to defend our members we will have no hesitation in making that recommendation.

“The unions are not only concerned about the impact on jobs but also the dire consequences for services and security together with access for older people, those with disabilities and parents with prams.”

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