Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 121019
Network Rail and Platform4: Trade Unions
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Olivia Blake
Labour — Sheffield Hallam
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the derecognition of trade unions in the recent TUPE transfer of workers from Network Rail into Platform 4.
Answer
Keir MatherPlatform 4 is now the employer following a TUPE process. While trade union recognition agreements were not transferred from Network Rail to Platform 4 under TUPE, Platform 4 has held discussions with the trade unions about recognition, with further discus...
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