RMT Union (@rmtunion.bsky.social)

📊 Nearly two-thirds of transport workers have experienced workplace violence in the past year. ✍️ Please take a moment to write to your MP to call for the creation of a specific offence of assaulting a public transport worker. https://rmtunion.org/assaults

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Action Against Assaults – Demand stronger legal protections for public transport workers RMT’s Action Against Assaults campaign aiming to tackle the unacceptable extent of violence and abuse faced by public transport workers. As part of the campaign, we are seeking stronger legal protections through the creation of a specific offence of assaulting a public transport worker. We believe this is necessary for a number of reasons including that it will deter perpetrators, make it more likely that cases will be prosecuted and demonstrate that the Government takes the issue of violence against public transport workers seriously. We are calling on the Government to create this... https://rmtunion.org/assaults