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Sunday 25 October 2009

Not fit to run the Metro - the sorry tale of Deutsche Bahn’

UNISON Northern region in alliance with other unions have been running a major campaign to keep the Tyne and Wear Metro services in the public sector. http://www.unison.org.uk/northern/pages_view.asp?did=9723

A new report by the European Services Strategy Unit, on behalf of Unison, Unite and the Northern TUC, ‘Not fit to run the Metro - the sorry tale of Deutsche Bahn’ is a hard hitting critique of the short listed private operating company DB Regio of Germany which is competing head-to-head with the in house bid. The record of DB Regio and its parent company, Deutsche Bahn, will be of great concern concern to commuters and Metro workers in the North East.

http://www.tuc.org.uk/publicsector/tuc-17147-f0.cfm