by Keith Richmond
RMT general secretary Bob Crow and Ian Gibson, Labour MP for Norwich North, lobbied commuters at Liverpool Street station in London on Tuesday as the union stepped up its campaign against plans by National Express East Anglia to cut 300 jobs.
They handed out postcards to passengers asking them to sign them to show the privatised company its plans are unacceptable as they will reduce security and help for disabled commuters, make access to service information more difficult, destroy award-winning catering facilities and result in dirty trains.
Mr Crow said: “It is nothing short of scandalous that rail privateers like National Express – that have been systematically draining huge sums of cash out of the industry as profits – should now be seeking to cut staff and services.”
Mr Gibson added: “We are stepping up the pressure on National Express. Colleagues and I will be meeting with Geoff Hoon to seek his view on the company breaking the franchise. What National Express is doing is unacceptable.”
