Rail safety - not European rail privatisation - Lille protest April 13

Rail safety – not European rail privatisation – Lille protest April 13

Dear Colleague, 

Rail safety – not European rail privatisation – Lille protest April 13

RMT, along with transport unions in other European countries, is calling on the European Railways Agency (ERA) to give a clear commitment that rail safety and jobs will not be sacrificed in the interests of competition and profit.   

As a first step we are calling for a mass protest at the offices of the European Railway Agency in Lille, France on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 11.00. It is essential that RMT members play as full a role as possible in this demonstration, which we have been instrumental in calling.

We are calling on all transport unions and organisations that defend public transport and the environment to oppose the systematic destruction of national rail networks, jobs and safety standards brought about as a result of the implementation of European Union rail liberalisation packages.

Full details of arrangements will be sent out shortly. Please put this date in your diary. 

Yours sincerely,

Bob Crow

RMT General Secretary