RMT calls for Merseyrail to be taken into public control - Liverpool Echo

RMT calls for Merseyrail to be taken into public control - Liverpool Echo

The major transport union has made the call as options are being appraised for the future of the service

Anti-privatisation campaigners launch petition calling for government to include public ownership as an option in its water commission

Anti-privatisation campaign group We Own It has launched a petition calling for the government to include an option of public ownership in its commission on the future of the water industry. We Own It say the petition represents the public responding to the government’s call for evidence in the review and has called the decision to exclude the option of public ownership as a ‘stupid idea’. The petition reads: “You have refused to allow this revi…

Rail union calls for Merseyrail to be nationalised

The RMT Union has called for the nationalisation of Merseyrail services. The RMT says that reports suggest that Councillors are considering extending the privatisation of services when the contract expires in 2028. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that the union had received assurances in the past that Mayor Steve…

RMT calls for Merseyrail to be taken into public ownership

RAIL union RMT called on Merseyside politicians today to support the nationalisation of Merseyrail services following press reports that City Region Councillors are considering an option to extend the privatisation of the services when its contract expires in 2028.