Mark Harper: Inflation-matching pay rises ‘unaffordable’ November 27, 2022 Increasing workers’ salaries to match inflation rates is simply unaffordable, according to transport secretary Mark Harper. “We want to try and give all the workers in the public sector who work very hard decent pay rises, but they can’t be inflation busting,” he told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday. Salary increases have been the [...]
Nightcap: Cocktail group urges RMT to move rail strikes in exchange for free drinks November 25, 2022 The owners of UK cocktail group Nightcap have called on the union RMT to switch the rail strike dates in exchange for free drinks. Co-founders Sarah Willingham and Michael Toxvaerd – who own the likes of Cocktail Club, Barrio and the Adventure Bar Group – pleaded with the RMT to move their planned walkout from [...]
Mick Lynch: Strikes are STILL going ahead despite ‘positive meeting’ with Transport sec November 24, 2022 Rail union boss Mick Lynch has said the upcoming strikes will go ahead despite a “positive meeting” with transport secretary Mark Harper. “We won’t be any closer [to calling off the strikes] until we have a reasonable offer on the table that we can put to our members,” Lynch told journalists on Thursday following his [...]
Mick Lynch to meet with Mark Harper as new strikes sour festive period November 23, 2022 RMT’s boss Mick Lynch is set to meet with transport secretary Mark Harper tomorrow as the rail strikes announced yesterday are set to disrupt the festive period. The union announced on Tuesday that more than 40,000 of its members working at Network Rail and 14 other train operators will walk out throughout December and January [...]
Hospitality warns of nightmare before and after Christmas as new rail strikes announced November 22, 2022 London’s hospitality venues are headed for a catastrophic Christmas after a fresh slew of railway strike dates were announced today. The RMT declared that its 40,000 members will walk out throughout December and January, falling slap bang in the middle of the sector’s busiest trading period. Strike action will take place at Network Rail and [...]
Fresh rail strikes in December and January to disrupt festive period November 22, 2022 Britons can expect a disrupted festive period as railway union RMT announced today a few 48-hour strikes across December and January following a breakdown in industrial relations. More than 40,000 members working at Network Rail and 14 other train operating companies will walk out on 13, 14, 16, 17 December as well as 3, 4, [...]
Rail talks collapse as RMT boss promises new ‘phase of sustained industrial action’ November 22, 2022 Brits could be facing more travel chaos in the weeks leading up to Christmas, after a fortnight of talks between a rail union and operating firms broke down. The RMT said negotiations to avert industrial with the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train firms, collapsed on Monday, and that there was “the hand of the [...]
‘Too weak’: Sadiq Khan slammed over Tube strike TODAY November 10, 2022 Greater London Authority’s Conservatives have blamed mayor Sadiq Khan for today’s Tube strike. “Londoners are facing yet another disruptive strike under Sadiq Khan’s watch, despite his broken promise of zero strikes,” GLA transport spokesperson Nick Rogers said yesterday “Militant unions are striking because they know Sadiq Khan is too weak to stand up to them [...]
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 [...]
Royal British Legion cancels London poppy appeal event due to November rail strikes October 22, 2022 The Royal British Legion has scrapped its £1m poppy appeal fundraising event after announced rail strikes in November. Initially scheduled for 3 November, London Poppy Day sees around 2,000 veterans and personnel raise money in the capital. However, RMT strikes have caused the charity to announce it is now looking at how to “lessen” the [...]