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Coronavirus: Disabled pharmacy worker ‘was denied rail assistance three times’

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Transport

Coronavirus: Disabled pharmacy worker ‘was denied rail assistance three times’
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A disabled woman – who is risking her health by working in a pharmacy during the coronavirus pandemic – was refused assistance to board a train three times by rail staff as she tried to travel to and from work. Rail […]

Ministers’ plans on ‘toxic’ impact of driver-only trains fall way short, says DPTAC

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Transport

Ministers’ plans on ‘toxic’ impact of driver-only trains fall way short, says DPTAC
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The Department for Transport (DfT) is falling “a very long way short” with its plans to ease the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running driver-only trains through unstaffed stations, according to the government’s own accessible transport advisers. A letter from […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: ‘Discriminatory train firm should be stripped of franchise’

By John Pring on 31st May 2018 Category: Transport

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: ‘Discriminatory train firm should be stripped of franchise’
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A train company which issued discriminatory guidance to its station staff should be stripped of its rail franchise, say disabled trade unionists. The TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference in Bournemouth – attended by representatives of 22 unions – heard from a string […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Frustration at London Underground autism refusal

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Employment

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Frustration at London Underground autism refusal
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Union activists are planning a high-profile campaign against London Underground after it refused to introduce an employment policy on autism and neurodiversity. Janine Booth, a member of the RMT transport union, told the TUC’s annual Disabled Workers’ Conference in London that […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Delegates call for end to ‘driver-only’ trains

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Transport

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Delegates call for end to ‘driver-only’ trains
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Disabled activists have called for an end to the “creeping” use of driver-only operated (DOO) trains, which they say put the safety of disabled passengers at risk. The call was headed by a union activist who was once saved from falling […]

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