Network Rail chairman: Reconciliation is on the horizon between unions and rail bosses July 30, 2022 Reconciliation is on the horizon for British railways, Network Rail’s chairman has said, after disputes over pay between unions and bosses have trains at a halt. The RMT union last week rejected an eight per cent pay rise over the next two years, alongside 75 per cent off rail travel for family members, in what [...]
Train drivers at nine companies announce strike on 13 August July 27, 2022 Members of the union Aslef working as train drivers at nine rail operators have announced a strike on 13 August over salaries. The industrial action will impact services on Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, London Overground, Southeastern, West Midlands, Avanti West Coast and Cross Country. Workers at the first seven operators are also [...]
Eurostar running special timetable and reduced hours due to national rail strike impact July 27, 2022 Eurostar is having to run a special timetable and reduced hours on UK rail lines as a result of national rail strikes. The route between London and the continent said its changes were announced last week, and there had been no unplanned disruption. This comes as more than 40,000 members of RMT working for Network [...]
Labour shadow transport minister defies party and joins striking train workers July 27, 2022 Labour’s shadow minister for buses and local transport has defied Keir Starmer’s orders not to join picket lines for striking workers. Sam Tarry justified his decision speaking on Good Morning Britain this morning, saying: “If we don’t make a stand today, people’s lives could be lost.” This comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who [...]
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 [...]