Scottish Socialist Party
General Election 2005
SSP Joins RMT `Rail Against Privatisation' Demo
The Scottish Socialist Party will this weekend take part in the RMT
trade unions `Rail Against Privatisation' Glasgow to London mobile
demonstration.
Starting in Glasgow on April 16 and culminating with a rally in
London on April 30, there will be events, meetings and rallies along
the route, as well as in other towns and cities around Britain,
involving every RMT region.
Re-nationalisation of rail is an immensely popular policy, supported
by a massive public majority and the trade union movement, and is
Labour Party policy ˆ and RMT believes the time has come to put it at
the top of the political agenda.
The Scottish Socialist Party is proud that the RMT is an affiliated
trade union and both Colin Fox, SSP national convenor, and Tommy
Sheridan SSP MSP for Glasgow will be taking part in the Scottish
Events.
Alan McCombes, SSP national policy co-ordinator, has written a
pamphlet that will be available on the demonstration; "Reclaim our
railways; show the rail profiteers the red signal".
Colin Fox said today;
"The Scottish Socialist Party is proud to be participating in the
RMT's Glasgow to London demonstration to demand the return of the
railways to public ownership.
"Rail subsidy now exceeds that provided to British Rail, yet services
are substantially worse.
"Since privatisation, private train operating companies alone have
received £10 billion in public subsidy and banked £1 billion in
profits.
"The SSP stands unequivocally behind the call of the RMT for the rail
industry to be taken back into public ownership and for an end to the
plundering of public money by the rail profiteers."
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GLASGOW
Rally & March - Saturday 16 April 2005
Assemble 12:30pm, St Enoch Square
Rally 1:00pm
Speakers - Bob Crow, General Secretary, RMT
Bill Spiers, General Secretary, STUC
Tommy Sheridan, MSP
March to Duke Street Railway Station - move off 1:45pm
EDINBURGH
March - Sunday 17 April 2005
Assemble 11:45am, Market Street
Move off 12:15pm
Supporters' Meeting - CWU Club, Brunswick Street
Speakers - Bob Crow, General Secretary, RMT
Colin Fox MSP (Convener SSP)
Time - 2:30pm
