London workers brave rail strikes and head back to office – but are ‘exception to the rule’ of WFH trend July 21, 2023 Strikes are failing to deter London workers from heading back into the office, with the capital one of only three UK cities to see growth in commuter numbers over the last quarter. As the summer months kicked in, the number of Londoners heading into the office fell significantly across the board, data from Virgin Media’s [...]
Network Rail tumbled to £1.1bn loss after ‘deeply bruising’ year of strikes July 18, 2023 Network Rail tumbled to a £1.1 billion loss for the past year as it was impacted by strike action and higher interest payments on its debts. The body, which owns and manages the infrastructure of most of the UK’s railway network, saw losses grow for the year to March 31 from a £324 million profit [...]
Ministers are obliged to find a fudge to end rail strike misery July 17, 2023 One of the skills of the modern politician is to be close to success and far from failure. For reasons best known to them, a host of greasy pole-climbers felt obliged to tweet out appropriately statesmanlike congratulations to Carlos Alvarez yesterday after his victory at Wimbledon, basking in some kind of reflected glory. Yet many [...]
Rail strikes: Lynch says government hasn’t spoken to RMT since January July 16, 2023 Rail strike misery looks set to continue for commuters after Mick Lynch, the RMT’s general secretary, said the government had not spoken to him about finding a resolution since the start of the year. Speaking on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday Programme, Lynch said that there has been “no contact. They seem to pick [...]
More London underground workers to strike in July July 13, 2023 More London underground workers will strike this month in an escalation of the ongoing dispute over pay and pensions. The Unite Union said today that members in engineering, maintenance and management positions on the service will walk out on 26 July and 28 July. It is calling for no job losses on the underground following [...]
London Underground drivers announce new July strike dates July 10, 2023 London Underground drivers are to strike this month in a long-running dispute over pensions and conditions. Aslef said its members will walk out on July 26 and 28, coinciding with industrial action by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union. Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, said: “We take action only when [...]
London Underground workers to STRIKE at end of July – here’s all you need to know July 7, 2023 London Underground workers are to take industrial action in a long-running dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members will take strike action from July 23 to 28. The RMT said there will be no strike on Monday July 24, while workers in different grades will take action on each of [...]
Plans to close nearly all railway ticket offices in England condemned as job losses loom July 5, 2023 Plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices in England have been widely condemned. Industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) unveiled proposals which could lead to nearly all offices being shut, with facilities only remaining open at the busiest stations. It comes after Transport Secretary Mark Harper wrote to train operators asking [...]
Further overtime ban dates announced by rail union ASLEF for mid July July 3, 2023 Train drivers’ union ASLEF have announced another week of strike action, while banning overtime work between Monday 17 and Saturday 22 July. The announcement coincides with the first day of this week’s six day overtime ban, with rail passengers now hit by chaos on 12 days this month. The new strike dates from the RMT [...]
Train union boss threatens 10 or 20 years of strife: ‘We’ll keep taking action until someone listens’ July 3, 2023 The boss of the train drivers’ union has threatened further industrial action, ahead of another week of disruption on the railways – which is set to impact Wimbledon too. Rail passengers have been warned of disruption across six days between Monday and Saturday, as the Aslef Union, headed by Mick Whelan, initiates a nationwide ban [...]