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Upping the fight to save our ticket offices
ANN HENDERSON reports from an RMT rally in Berwick-upon-Tweed where trade unionists and disability rights campaigners were spreading the word about the battle for the future of rail safety
(left to right) Sarah Roelofs, Disabled People Against the Cuts North East; Mick Lynch General Secretary RMT; Jamie Driscoll, Mayor North of Tyne Combined Authority – independent; chair - RMT Berwick Rail branch secretary Martin McCleary; Jess Leather, president RMT women’s committee; John Kay, retired RMT member, former RMT branch secretary, local campaigner; Georgina Hill, Independent Councillor Berwick East
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THE Maltings main theatre was packed at 5pm on Friday, with trade unionists and community groups coming together with one voice, opposing the proposed ticket office closure in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Leaflets, campaign postcards and petitions are to be found in the local shops, cafes and pubs.
The letters pages of the local newspapers are filled with letters of opposition.
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