RMT: Bring London Overground (LOROL) under public control (May 24, 2010)

RMT members protested at Whitechapel station to coincide with the reopening of the the extended East London Line as part of private company LOROL (London Overground).

The union has tirelessly campaigned for the upgrade of the line, but is extremely concerned that LOROLs first priority is to shareholders and not to passengers or communities, repeating the mistakes of rail privatisation and the disastrous PPP on the Tube.

£1bn has been spent on this upgrade and every single penny of taxpayer subsidy and fare revenue should be invested to improve services and not be removed from the industry in shareholder dividends, says RMT.

Video filmed and edited by Chris Kasrils.

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