Union postpones next week’s strike to allow ‘constructive discussions’ with Network Rail November 1, 2022 The rail union TSSA has postponed next week’s strikes at Network Rail to allow for “constructive, intensive and detailed discussions to continue.” Involving thousands of workers, the strikes were supposed to take place on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday next week. Nevertheless, workers at Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, c2c, South Western Railway and Southeastern [...]
Rail union calls on Mark Harper to ‘avoid the mistakes of Grant Shapps’ October 27, 2022 Rail union TSSA has called on newly-appointed transport secretary Mark Harper to “avoid the mistakes of Grant Shapps” and remove blocks to negotiations between workers and train operators. The relationship between former transport secretary Grant Shapps and union leaders has been a tense one, as unions accused him several times of blocking negotiations. Both Shapps [...]
Rail union cancels strike on 3 November due to Poppy Day October 26, 2022 Rail union RMT has confirmed it is cancelling its planned strike action on 3 November after it was made aware the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Day would be on that same date. Workers will now strike on 5, 7 and 9 November as part of a long-standing dispute over salaries, jobs and working conditions. Network [...]
Rail union announces a week of industrial action October 24, 2022 Press Association A rail union has announced nearly a week of industrial action, including strikes in November in their ongoing dispute over pay, job security and conditions. Thousands of members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association in Network Rail will strike on Thursday November 3, Saturday November 5 and Monday November 7 while members in [...]
Platform staff to walk out on 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 November as union joins rail and tube workers October 24, 2022 Rail platform staff working at Network Rail and other five train operators will walk out on 3,4,5,7, 8 November as the union TSSA has announced another week of industrial action. Disruption will affect services on Network Rail, Avanti West Coast, South Western Railway, West Midlands Trains and c2c. Workers – which are striking as part [...]
Hop on: Rail overtakes flights on busy London-Edinburgh route October 24, 2022 Rail has overtaken aviation as the preferred mode of transport to Scotland as one million people have chosen to travel from London to Edinburgh via electric train operator, Lumo. According to data released today, between April and August 57 per cent of the London-Edinburgh journeys were done by train – 22 per cent up on [...]
Transport secretary Trevelyan calls for ‘wage restraint’ in rail October 19, 2022 Rail workers’ wage increases need to be realistic as the Treasury cannot cope with salaries going up according to inflation rates, transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said. “Within the rail sector we have to maintain wage restraint because we’ve already spent £16bn just keeping it going,” Trevelyan told the transport select committee earlier today. “So it [...]
Unions hit back against minimum service levels measures October 16, 2022 Unions have hit back against the government’s decision to press ahead with ensuring minimum service levels during transport strikes. Train drivers’ union Aslef said the measure is doomed to fail as it would only increase chaos at stations. “What happens when 100 per cent of passengers try to get on 40 per cent minimum service [...]
Avanti pledges return to normal services in December October 12, 2022 Troubled train operator Avanti has pledged a return to near normal services in December after delays and short-notice cancellations plagued the network over the last two months. “We’re continuing to work with our sole focus on improving the timetable, marking more robust and sustainable for all our passengers,” Richard Scott, director of corporate affairs at [...]
RMT’s Mick Lynch: ‘We will be in this for as long as it takes’ October 9, 2022 Mick Lynch, secretary general of transport union RMT, said railway workers and their union representatives will continue to fight over better working conditions for “as long as it takes.” More than 40,000 RMT members working at Network Rail and 15 other operators walked out on Saturday in a long-standing dispute over jobs, working conditions and [...]