rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/end-rail-outsourcing?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-end-rail-outsourcing' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> RMT Campaigns https://actionnetwork.org/groups/rmtunion https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/632/809/normal/endoutsourcing_banner.png Whilst it is good news that the Government is creating an integrated, publicly owned rail network, I am concerned that many essential rail services across rail and metro networks - such as cleaning, station staffing, catering, security, rail infrastructure and engineering - will still be outourced to private contractors. That is bad news for passengers. RMT research shows outsourcing has cost the taxpayer and farepayer £400 million annually in profits leaking out of the rail industry, the equivalent of a 3.8 per cent fare cut, while insourcing and integrating these services with the rest of the network would provide better quality, safety and value for money. Outsourcing is also bad news for rail workers as it is an employment model driven by employers engaging workers on precarious contracts and on inferior terms and conditions, such as poorer sick pay and pensions. Outsourcing could also be embedding systematic racism on parts of the rail network where workers are disproportionally from a BME background. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-rail-outsourcing