Action Against Assaults national campaign day

RMT activists will leaflet train stations, bus depots and ports highlighting the union’s national campaign demands to curb the rise in assaults and abuse and to make public transport a safer place.

The demands include safe staffing levels, an end to lone working, proper funding for British Transport Police and an increased presence of officers, legislation to make it a specific offence to assault a transport worker and an end to outsourcing of security and enforcement staff.

In Scotland, the union has secured manifesto commitments from the SNP, Labour and Scottish Greens, to legislate to protect public transport workers.

This stands in stark contrast to the continued failure of the Westminster government to introduce a standalone offence for assaults on transport workers, despite repeated calls from RMT and the wider industry.

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey who will be joining activists in Glasgow tomorrow, said:

Our day of action against assaults is a major part of our campaign to put pressure on employers and politicians across the UK, to take concrete steps to deliver for transport workers on this vital issue.

Our members will be calling on the public to support them in this campaign as there is a shared interest to see assaults, abuse and harassment curbed, so we can have a safer environment for travel on public transport.

The action on Tuesday will be a launchpad for further political and industrial campaigning until we secure improvements for our members.

RMT members will be at the following locations tomorrow:

Ashford – 07:00 – 09:00
Ayr – 10:00 – 12:30
Basingstoke Bus and Train Station – TBC
Berwick Train Station – 09:30 – 11:30
Birmingham New Street Train Station – 07:00 – 09:00
Brighton Train Station – 08:00 – 11:00 & 12:00 – 16:00
Burton-On-Trent Train Station – 16:40 – 18:00
Cardiff Central Train Station – TBC
Chester Train Station – 07:00 – 10:00
Cornwall main bus stations (Newquay, Truro, Camborne, Penzance) – 07:00 – 15:00 or 08:00 – 16:00
Doncaster Train Station – 07:00 – 09:00
Dumfries Train Station – TBC
Edinburgh Waverley Train Station – 08:00
Edmonton and Enfield Train Stations – between 06:00 and 18:00
Euston Train Station – 12:00 – 13:00
Exeter St Davids Train Station – 10:00 – 12:00
Glasgow Queen Street Train Station with RMT GS Eddie Dempsey – 08:30
Hereford Train Station – TBC
Hull Paragon Train Station – 15:00 – 16:00
Ilford Railway Station – TBC
Inverness Train Station – 12:30
Kings Cross Train Station – 10:00 – 11:00
Leicester Train Station – 08:00 – 10:00
Liverpool Lime Street Train Station – 07:00
Manchester Piccadilly Train Station – 10:00
Middlesbrough and Hartlepool Train Stations – Morning
Newcastle Central Train Station – 08:00
Nottingham Train Station – 14:00 – 16:00
Paddington – 11:00 – 13:00
Palestra House and Southwark London Underground Station – 07:45 – 09:00
Plymouth Train Station – 10:00 – 12:00
Portsmouth Train Station and Ferry Port – TBC
Ramsgate Train Station – 07:00 – 12:00
Reading Train Station – TBC
Ryde Esplanade Train Station and Bus Station – TBC
Shrewsbury Train Station – 15:00 – 17:00
St Pancras Train Station – 09:00 – 12:00
Stourbridge Junction, Sandwell & Dudley Train Stations – TBC
Swindon Train Station – 08:00 – 09:00
Tweedbank Train Station – TBC
Waterloo Train Station – TBC
York Train Station – 10:00 to 13:00