Transport Select Committee sets tests for rail strike minimum service levels Strikes MPs have set the Government a series of tests over its controversial new law on minimum levels of service during rail strikes. The Transport Select Committee outlined a number of principles for what ministers should include in regulations due to be published following the passing of legislation. Unions are strongly opposed to the law, warning [...]
City Pub Group: Rains, trains and financial pains don’t stop revenue gains Hospitality Heavy drizzle, train strikes nor a slowing economy did not stop drinkers heading down to the watering hole this summer City Pub Group have said.
New contract for one of Britain’s least reliable train operators – and beleaguered Avanti Transport One of Britain’s least reliable train operators has been handed a long-term contract renewal. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that CrossCountry, whose network stretches across large parts of the country, will continue to run services. It also renewed Avanti West Coast’s contract. Office of Rail and Road (ORR) figures show the equivalent of 6.8 [...]
Train drivers announce fresh strike to coincide with Tory conference September 15, 2023 Train drivers are to stage fresh strikes, coinciding with the Conservative party’s annual conference, in their long-running dispute over pay. Aslef announced its members at 16 train operators will walk out on September 30 – the day before the conference – and October 4, the final day of the event. The union said the strikes [...]
Trainline shares soar as £2.6bn ticket sales help shrug off rail strike chaos September 14, 2023 Trainline’s shares soared more than 12 per cent this morning after the firm unveiled a £50m share buyback scheme on the back of booming ticket sales. Group net ticket sales at the online retailer grew by nearly a quarter to £2.6bn in the six months to August, taking revenues to £197m, a 20 per cent [...]
Heathrow Airport braced for October half-term chaos as baggage workers to strike September 13, 2023 Heathrow Airport is to face strike chaos this autumn, as 170 baggage staff walk-out in October in an ongoing dispute over pay. Members of the Unite Union, who conduct high-end maintenance and servicing of baggage carousels, will strike over 13 separate days in October. The strikes will be between 17:30 on the 6th and 6am [...]
Labour vow to scrap minimum service levels law if elected, unions told September 12, 2023 Labour would scrap the minimum service levels law within their first 100 days in office, Angela Rayner told a trade union conference.
Strike by staff at London Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime September 8, 2023 Staff at the London Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime (Mopac) are to strike in a dispute over pay. Around 100 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out on September 20, 21,22, 25 and 26. The union said the workers had received a seven per cent pay rise but were [...]
Rail strikes bring more misery to Brits on back-to-London Saturday September 2, 2023 Rail passengers faced more travel misery on Saturday because of continuing industrial action by train drivers and other workers in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at 14 train operating companies launched a 24-hour strike, while drivers in the Aslef union were banning overtime. Services [...]
Atomic weapons workers threaten to strike over pay – but ‘delivery of UK’s nuclear deterrent would be unaffected’ September 1, 2023 Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of the Prospect union at AWE, which supports and maintains the UK nuclear deterrent, will vote in the next two weeks on whether to launch a campaign of action. Prospect said AWE recently became an [...]