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THE taxpayer is forking out tens of millions of pounds to keep greedy train operators’ profits afloat while rail workers strike to defend public safety, Britain’s biggest rail union has revealed.
Research from the RMT union has shown that South Western Railway (SWR) is set to receive at least £32 million in a bailout from the government.
This gift is due to losses incurred amid strike action. It means that the government is keeping the company profitable even if it is not running trains on strike days.
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’