Action For Rail: Potential Job Cuts of 20,000
Submitted by rmtlondon on 31 March, 2013 - 03:18Jobs ‘at risk’ in UK railway industry resulting from government proposals for rail reform
Introduction
In our briefing on the government’s Rail Command Paper, rail unions involved in the Action for Rail campaign indicated that over 20,000 jobs in the UK rail industry were ‘at risk’ as a result of the recommendations in the McNulty Review that Network Rail and Train Operating Companies were being asked to implement.
By extrapolating from the McNulty Review, our briefing indicated the total numbers of jobs at risk broke down as follows:


