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Two workers walk through a Crossrail tunnel in London
[Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire]
TRADE UNIONISTS today called for an inquiry after it was announced that the opening of Crossrail will be delayed yet again.
Transport union TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes criticised the “badly delayed” rail project, which Transport for London (TfL) has admitted may not open until December 2021.
TfL commissioner Mike Brown said that more time is needed to test trains on the new line — which is to be called the Elizabeth Line — before it can be opened to the public.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY