Train drivers accept £9K pay deal to end two years of UK rail strikes September 18, 2024 Train drivers on Wednesday voted to accept a new pay deal, bringing to an end a two-year industrial dispute over pay and conditions.
Ditch ‘phony’ fiscal rules and tax ‘unearned wealth’, unions urge Starmer September 9, 2024 Union chiefs launched a broadside at Sir Keir Starmer, describing the Prime Minister’s planned national wealth fund as “a joke,” urging him to tax “unearned wealth” and demanding he “ditch the phony fiscal rules”. Speaking at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference on Monday – ahead of Sir Keir’s own address on Tuesday – union [...]
Rail operator takes Mick Lynch’s RMT union to the Supreme Court May 15, 2024 A Northern rail operator has presented its appeal application to the Supreme Court over a dispute with transport worker unions
Rail maintenance workers to begin eight-day strike in pay dispute February 10, 2024 Rail maintenance workers will begin an eight-day strike on Saturday in a dispute over pay.
400 RMT workers at Hitachi to strike on Saturday until 1 February January 26, 2024 The RMT union, which is run by Mick Lynch, said its members on the route will walk out for five days, starting on the weekend.
Sadiq Khan accused of misleading Londoners over £30m cash to halt Tube strikes January 25, 2024 Sadiq Khan has been accused of being misleading over the £30m cash he put forward to call off this month’s Tube strikes.
Rail strikes: Union boss Lynch warns of more walkouts after King’s Speech November 8, 2023 RMT union boss Mick Lynch vows to continue fighting the government over pay and jobs
More travel chaos coming after rail workers vote to keep striking for next six months October 20, 2023 Rail workers have voted to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said around 20,000 of its members were balloted across 14 rail companies with all of them individually achieving more than a 50% turnout and overwhelming [...]
Which rail workers are striking this weekend and how will it affect you? September 1, 2023 Workers across more than a dozen train companies are set to walk out this weekend, with major London hubs likes Euston and Waterloo set to be left empty. Swathes of the UK will have no train services running on Friday, amid the latest round of major coordinated transport strikes. Members of train drivers’ union Aslef [...]
Rail passengers to suffer travel chaos on Saturday during RMT strike – here’s all you need to know July 28, 2023 Rail passengers will suffer fresh travel chaos on Saturday as thousands of workers strike in a long-running row over pay, jobs and conditions. Services will be disrupted when members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, including station staff and train managers, walk out. Passengers have been advised to check their travel arrangements because [...]