Britain comes to a standstill: Scenes from strikes across the country July 27, 2022 Most Britons are forced to work from home today while the latest national rail strike threatens to bring the country to a standstill. More than 40,000 members of the union RMT working for Network Rail and 14 other operators walked out today in a dispute over job cuts and salaries. People took it to Twitter [...]
Rail strike reality check: Train staff halt work again while driver colleagues earn up to £73k per year July 27, 2022 Rail passengers are suffering fresh travel chaos today as 40,000 rail workers are striking, with RMT union members at Network Rail and 14 other train companies walking out over pay and job terms. Disputes in the bitter row over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions are worsening, with more strikes in the coming days, and a [...]
40,000 union rail workers walk out as travel chaos continues for Brits July 27, 2022 40,000 rail workers are striking today, as RMT union members at Network Rail and 14 other train companies walk out over pay and job terms.
Tube workers to strike on 19 August over pensions and salaries July 26, 2022 Members of the union RMT working for London Underground have announced they will walk out on 19 August in a dispute over jobs and pensions. The union said the walk out – the latest straw in the UK’s “summer of discontent” – was prompted by TfL’s refusal to share the details of the government’s long-term [...]
District, Bakerloo, Elizabeth lines and Overground to be disrupted by tomorrow’s rail strike July 26, 2022 London tube services are set to be impacted by tomorrow’s rail strike – the first of a three-day walk out called by the union RMT over job cuts and salaries. Transport for London (TfL) warned commuters to check before they travel as services on the District, Bakerloo, Elizabeth lines as well as the London Overground [...]
Union accuses Grant Shapps of blocking strike talks July 25, 2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps was accused of blocking the negotiations between rail operators and unions that could end the ongoing strikes. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) called on Shapps to “stop prolonging the rail dispute” which has threatened to bring the country to a standstill. “Transport secretary Grant Shapps is giving secret instructions to rail [...]
Rail staff announce ANOTHER two days of strike July 25, 2022 Members of the union TSSA working as station and operational staff at seven rail companies have called for another two days of strike. The industrial action will take place on 18 and 20 August and will impact services on Avanti West Coast, c2c, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, LNER, and Southeastern. Meanwhile, workers [...]
Avert economic damage rail strikes will cause, say London businesses July 25, 2022 London businesses have called on unions, operators and the government to find a solution to the ongoing railway strikes “and avert the economic damage” they will cause. “The week-long rail disruption in June caused footfall in the capital to drop by up to a quarter compared to the previous week,” Ruth Duston – chief executive [...]
Rail union boss Mick Lynch warns strikes could ‘last for months’ July 24, 2022 Crippling strikes are likely to last for months longer if rail companies do not make improved pay offers for its workers, rail union boss Mick Lynch has said. Lynch, secretary-general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), today also warned there likely would be a “rolling campaign of trade union activity” [...]
Government repeals ‘1970s-style’ restrictions on strikebreakers July 21, 2022 Replacing striking staff with skilled agency workers will now be possible under the legal changes made by the UK Government. Approved by both Commons and Lords, the cross-sector changes will help ensure “crucial public services and people’s lives remain uninterrupted” by the strikes. The measure comes on the heels of a wave of industrial action [...]