RMT seeks early meeting with First after Truronian takeover
RMT: February 14 2008
BUS UNION RMT is seeking an early meeting with the new owner of Truronian after the aanouncement that the Cornish bus company has been acquired by the First Group through its First Devon and Cornwall subsidiary.
RMT negotiates pay and conditions on behalf of well over 100 busworkers at the company, which operates in and around Truro and throughout west Cornwall, including the Eden Project, and is a major coach-tour operator.
"While the bus industry remains in private hands any change of ownership is a time of uncertainty, and we are seeking an early meeting with First to ensure, above all, that our members' jobs remain secure," RMT general secretary Bob Crow said today.
"RMT already has a working relationship with the First Group in a number of its subsidiaries in both bus and rail, and the group will be aware that the union will always act to defend the interests of its members," Bob Crow said.