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The Chris Stokes Column - Mutual respect between professional negotiators key to resolving rail dispute
Prospects for the rail industry in the short term look bleak. As I write this, the network is heading into a period of further action by the RMT union with no realistic sign of an early settlement, even though at one stage last week it looked as though a deal might be possible.
Views sought on speeding up delivery of £96bn Integrated Rail Plan
Civil engineers, infrastructure experts and transport planners are being encouraged to share their views on the delivery of schemes outlined in the government’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan.
Raising-roof container designed to support switch from road to rail
UK: A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland.
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
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- The Chris Stokes Column - Mutual respect between professional negotiators key to resolving rail disputeProspects for the rail industry in the short term look bleak. As I write this, the network is heading into a period of further action by the RMT union with no realistic sign of an early settlement, even though at one stage last week it looked as though a deal might be possible.
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New Civil Engineer
- Views sought on speeding up delivery of £96bn Integrated Rail PlanCivil engineers, infrastructure experts and transport planners are being encouraged to share their views on the delivery of schemes outlined in the government’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan.
Railnews
- RMT leader tells government to ‘tone down rhetoric’ Train services are returning to normal today after almost a week of industrial action, while RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has told transport secretary Grant Shapps to ‘tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job, which is to settle this dispute’. The DfT said: ‘The transport secretary has consistently urged union representatives to get back around the negotiating table and agree a deal to bring our rail industry into the 21st century. Strikes should always be the last resort, not the first.’
Railway Gazette
- Raising-roof container designed to support switch from road to railUK: A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland.
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