| Union ends dispute with First Great Western |
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| Wednesday, 06 February 2008 | |
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More than 600 RMT union members employed as guards and train drivers at First Great Western have formally ended disputes with the company.
The union announced the decision after negotiating more than 40 new jobs and winning unconditional commitments that managers will no longer be used to guard or drive trains. Guards and drivers at the company had voted by substantial margins to strike over breakdowns of industrial relations with the company. The union suspended a 48-hour strike by guards scheduled to take place in January in order to allow talks to take place. RMT general secretary Bob Crow said that the company had given clear undertakings that managers will not work as guards or drivers, be it for commercial reasons, to manage rostering deficiencies or to cover staff shortages. The RMT transport union members called off a planned 48-hour strike in January in a dispute with bus and train operator FirstGroup PLC, First Great Western’s parent company, over a breakdown in industrial relations and the use of managers to guard and drive trains. Related articles
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