New rail strikes confirmed for Greater London and most of England on 15 and 17 September September 1, 2022 More than 40,000 railway workers at Network Rail and 14 other operators will strike on 15 and 17 September over jobs, salaries and working conditions. The action is expected to effectively shut down both London and the UK’s network as on 15 September the walkout will coincide with the train drivers’ strike. Operational and support [...]
Confidence in ride-sharing apps down as more consumers complain September 1, 2022 Consumer confidence in ride-sharing apps is down, according to data released today. Figures from analytics company Chattermill showed that trust in the likes of Bolt, Uber as well as Singapore’s Grab and Spain’s Cabify went down 25 points in the last year. Drivers cancelling rides as well as prolonged waiting times and increased prices featured [...]
Train drivers to strike on 15 September August 31, 2022 Train drivers at 12 companies will walk out on 15 September in a dispute over pay. Disruption will affect services on Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, LNER, London Overground, Northern Trains, Southeastern, TransPennine Express, and West Midlands Trains. The union said the operators had forced the workers’ [...]
Starmer: ‘I refuse to join picket lines – because I want to be a Labour PM’ August 31, 2022 Keir Starmer refused to join rail strike pickets “because I want to be a Labour Prime Minister”. The Labour leader made his comments on Channel 5’s popular Jeremy Vine show, responding to callers as thousands of workers continue to bring the country to a halt with industrial action. Starmer previously told close cabinet colleagues not [...]
Strike: Staff at 10 train companies to walk out on 26 September August 31, 2022 Another day another strike as members of the union TSSA working as operational and support staff at 10 train companies have announced a 24-hour walkout on 26 September. The strike will fall on the same days as the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, which is taking place between 25 and 28 September. Workers will walk [...]
Strikes backed by union members at three train companies and Croydon’s tram network August 25, 2022 Train and tram drivers have voted overwhelmingly to strike, as Aslef members on the Croydon tram system will also walk out next month. Chiltern, Northern and TransPennine Express have backed industrial action in a dispute over pay, according to their union Aslef. The votes were 9 to 1 in favour of strikes, with turnouts of [...]
Ukraine war: Russia kills 22 in missile strikes on rail station August 25, 2022 At least 22 people are said to have been killed during two missile strikes on a Ukrainian rail station, as Kyiv marked its 31st annual day of independence from Moscow. The attack on Chaplyne, 90 miles west of Russian-occupied Donetsk, was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a video address to the United Nations yesterday. [...]
Tube strike brings London to a standstill as Uber raises prices due to increased demand August 19, 2022 London has been paralysed by a strike from workers on the Underground, Overground and bus service, as private hire taxi services like Uber and Bolt raise prices due to increased demand. All London Underground lines are closed on Friday 19 August following a walk-out called by around 10,000 members of the RMT Union on the [...]
Mick Lynch: Rail unions can still afford months more strikes August 18, 2022 Rail unions can afford to go on strike for months more and there will be a “wave of solidarity” across the labour movement this year, according to the chief of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). RMT general secretary Mick Lynch today said his members were “completely committed” to strike action [...]
As UK faces three days of crippling train strikes Grant Shapps reveals 16-point plan August 18, 2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has unveiled a 16-point plan in a bid to tackle ‘Luddite’ unions, as industrial action brings the UK to a standstill. The announcement comes as 40,000 rail workers in the RMT and TSSA unions walk out on Thursday bringing much of the UK rail network to a grinding halt. A second [...]