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NEW 🚨| From today unions will have the right to enter workplaces or communicate with staff electronically.
This is part of the government's Employment Rights Act. Other rights coming into effect today include new protections from sexual harassment at work
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Outsourcing public services costs billions, as @Cmmonwealth have found.
So I welcome the announcement of the First Secretary of State of a dedicated Insourcing Unit.
I urged the Transport Secretary to develop an insourcing strategy in concert with @RMTunion and others.
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Rail union RMT has expressed its deepest condolences and solidarity with rail workers and passengers affected by the dreadful rail crash in Spain.
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: "Our thoughts are with all those rail workers, passengers and families affected by this horrific crash and we also express our solidarity with our sister trade unions at this extremely difficult time.”
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Thanks to @AndyMcDonaldMP for raising insourcing at Transport Questions and it was good to hear Transport Secretary @Heidi_Labour confirm that she will be looking at insourcing where it can drive better outcomes for passengers and value for money.
#InsourceNow
Outsourcing public services costs billions, with much going to private profits.
So I welcome the announcement of the First Secretary of State of a dedicated Insourcing Unit.
I urged the Transport Secretary to develop an insourcing strategy, across the sector.
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As the @Cmmonwealth Report and RMT’s own reports show, insourcing will do both these things.
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Outsourcing public services costs billions, with much going to private profits.
So I welcome the announcement of the First Secretary of State of a dedicated Insourcing Unit.
I urged the Transport Secretary to develop an insourcing strategy, across the sector.
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Many thanks to @RachaelMaskell MP and the 21 MPs who have signed EDM 966 - Support for outsourced gatesolutions catering workers at LNER
It's time to #InsourceNow
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Many thanks to @KimJohnsonMP and the 23 MPs who have signed EDM 1016 - Cleaners on Merseyrail
It's time to #InsourceNow
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Many thanks to @RLong_Bailey and the 20 MPs who have signed EDM 1008 - Cleaning and catering workers on Transpennine Express
It's time to #InsourceNow
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We express our profound shock at today’s serious rail accident in Toledo, Spain. We extend our deepest condolences and solidarity to everyone affected by this tragic event and stand united with railway workers and their communities in Spain.
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Five years ago a plaque dedicated to Wilston Samuel Jackson - Britain’s first Black train driver - was unveiled at London King’s Cross station:
👉 bit.ly/4k8GmS0
It marks his outstanding and inspirational contribution to the rail industry.
#BlackHistoryMonth
ALT Wilston Samuel Jackson sitting in the cab of a steam locomotive with the number 60082.
ALT A group of people stand and sit together at London King's Cross beneath a blue plaque commemorating Wilston Samuel Jackson. There are arches and a few passersby in the background.
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@LNER like to brag that all their suppliers pay their staff the Real Living Wage, so we are very grateful to @RachaelMaskell and all the MPs that have signed this letter to MD @DavidHorne asking why they are allowing one of their contractors to cease paying the Real Living Wage.
ALT Letter from Racael Maskell MP to LNER
ALT Letter from Racael Maskell MP to LNER
ALT Text from LNER bragging about their suppliers paying the Real Living Wage
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In 1904, a Black railway worker from St Lucia joined the union that would become RMT. His name was Joe Armley. This Black History Month, we're telling his story.
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Many thanks to our friends at @RWLDproject for this fabulous piece of research 👏
railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/…
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Every year, £6 BILLION leaves our public services in profits for outsourcing giants.
That would pay for:
🏫 2 years of free school meals
👵 300,000 adult social care workers
🏠 30,000 council houses a year
🏥 200,000 nurses for the NHS
It’s time to Insource Now! #Budget2026
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Every year, £6 BILLION leaves our public services in profits for outsourcing giants.
That would pay for:
🏫 2 years of free school meals
👵 300,000 adult social care workers
🏠 30,000 council houses a year
🏥 200,000 nurses for the NHS
It’s time to Insource Now! #Budget2026
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Absolutely fascinating read from our friends at @RWLDproject for #BlackHistoryMonth concerning one of our members.
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🇱🇨NEW BLOG POST!🇬🇧
For #BlackHistoryMonth, we've uncovered the life & story of Joe Armley - one of Britain's first railway workers of colour!
Discover Joe's story, from St Lucia to London in the 1890s, working on the railway.
And what's more - images of Joe at work exist!
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RMT retweeted
🇱🇨NEW BLOG POST!🇬🇧
For #BlackHistoryMonth, we've uncovered the life & story of Joe Armley - one of Britain's first railway workers of colour!
Discover Joe's story, from St Lucia to London in the 1890s, working on the railway.
And what's more - images of Joe at work exist!
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Unaccountable, rip-off outsourcing has eaten away at our public services for decades.
We need new and democratic ways of running the services our communities rely on.
#InsourceNow
Every year, £6 BILLION is taken out of our public services in outsourcing profits.
That's money for NHS nurses, care workers, free school meals and council homes.
It's time for @andyburnham and the Government to end the outsourcing scam.
#InsourceNow
ALT Group of six people standing indoors holding a large mock cheque showing £6 billion in outsourcer profits to the UK government.
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