Network Rail

Off The Rails mini-blog by and for Network Rail workers. Organising in the signal boxes and centres, on the track, in the depots and offices.

Network Rail plans to bribe scab army into work for strike days

A leaked video conference held by Network Rail managers has confirmed plans to bribe workers to scab, by offering anyone who agrees to provide a "contingency role" during strike days double pay and an additional annual leave day.

The video has done the rounds in union WhatsApp groups and has...

Wot, No Strike Dates?

Nine days on from our ballot results, RMT’s NEC still has not called any industrial action, and plans not to do so until at least next Tuesday. Given the law’s requirement for fourteen days’ notice, that means no action until at least four weeks after our vote!

Why the prevarication? We voted for...

The Fight is on!

The fight is well and truly on, as rail workers across the country have voted in huge numbers to strike for better pay and to defend jobs and conditions.

In Network Rail and all but two of the Train Operating Companies that RMT balloted, members smashed through the thresholds set by the anti-union...

Another Near Miss?

In January, two track workers narrowly missed being hit by a train near Weston-super-Mare. While carrying out vegetation clearance, they cut down a tree that accidentally fell on the line. They were attempting to move the tree when a 95 mph Cross Country train approached them. They moved out of the...

RMT announces national rail dispute: take the fight to the bosses!

RMT has announced that it is in dispute with Network Rail and 17 Train Operating Companies (TOCs), and says it will ballot members to win the following demands:

  • A substantial increase in your rate of pay
  • A no-compulsory redundancy guarantee
  • No detrimental changes to your working practices and terms...
  • Network Rail: job cuts demand fightback

    On Network Rail, the ‘special voluntary severance’ scheme is beginning to bite. People have gone and not been replaced. Posts have been lost in key areas and experience and knowledge have left the industry.

    It is hard to know how many jobs have gone from the industry as a result of this government...

    Track workers ballot for strikes

    Track workers employed by Swietelsky, a sub-contractor used by Network Rail, are balloting for strikes to win better pay, after their employer offered an increase of just 1%.

    Given current increases in the cost of living, a 1% pay "increase" amounts to a pay cut. RMT has rightly called attention to...

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