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Industrial Relations At First Transpennine Express

EDM number 139 in 2015-16, proposed by Melanie Onn on 17/06/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial relations and Railways.

That this House is dismayed at the decision of First Transpennine Express Railway Company to dismiss a train guard following an incident in which his train was being surfed by a youth at Grimsby Town station; notes that the guard had already aborted the train's dispatch once but after the guard completed the correct dispatch procedure by giving the driver the right-away signal, one of the gang tried to surf the train again, ignoring advice and warnings; further notes that, with 10 years' experience, the guard judged that it was safer to allow the youth to jump clear rather than hit the emergency stop button, which looked likely to throw the youth off-balance; further notes the youth also subsequently spat at the conductor; also notes that the conductor was honest and accepts that in a strict interpretation of the rules he should have hit the emergency-stop button, regardless of the risk to the irresponsible surfer; believes that in these circumstances dismissal of a member of rail staff who has a previously unblemished record is unprecedented and is concerned that a dispute now exists between the company and the RMT union; and calls for First Transpennine Express Railway Company to immediately review this case and meet the union to resolve this dispute.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Melanie Onn17/06/2015Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley17/06/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Chris Matheson18/06/2015City of ChesterLabourSeconded
Mary Glindon18/06/2015North TynesideLabourSeconded
Justin Madders22/06/2015Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSeconded
Harry Harpham22/06/2015Sheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabourSeconded
Ruth Smeeth22/06/2015Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Ian Mearns22/06/2015GatesheadLabourSigned
David Anderson22/06/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Richard Burgon22/06/2015Leeds EastLabourSigned
Clive Lewis22/06/2015Norwich SouthLabourSigned
Grahame Morris23/06/2015EasingtonLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/06/2015Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Sue Hayman23/06/2015WorkingtonLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas23/06/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Jeremy Corbyn23/06/2015Islington NorthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff24/06/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Graham Stringer29/06/2015Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell29/06/2015York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Liz McInnes09/07/2015Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Albert Owen20/07/2015Ynys MLabourSigned
David Crausby21/07/2015Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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