Action For Rail – People Before Profit

From General Secretary Bob Crow

As you will be aware the Government’s Rail Command Paper demands massive savings at the expense of passengers and railway workers, whilst the privateers are being awarded even more powers and greater commercial freedom.

We are witnessing a direct attack on the services passengers and our communities rely on and the workers that deliver them. What’s more, it will lead to more inefficiency, fragmentation and money diverted away from investment into the profits and dividends of private train operators.

To fight this attack the RMT, TUC and other rail unions have today launched Action for Rail - People before Profit a new national campaign to fight the rail cuts and make the case for a Publicly Owned Railway that’s put’s people before profit.

"This political campaign will not only seek to put the pressure on government and MPs to change direction but will also seek to get the support of communities and tens of thousands of passengers" - Bob Crow

This political campaign will not only seek to put the pressure on government and MPs to change direction but will also seek to get the support of communities and tens of thousands of passengers to apply pressure to government and the rail companies.

This will build upon the tremendous campaigning work already undertaken by RMT members which has resulted in thousands of passengers writing to their MPs and signing up for the campaign to save our railways.

The Action for Rail website is actionforrail.org and you can also support the campaign on Twitter and Facebook.

Over the coming weeks the Union will be sending out campaign materials and the website will also be developed to allow email campaigning and lobbying.

Please get involved to defend your jobs, conditions and rail services.