Rail strikes have crippled services and disrupted events and holiday plans across Britain as 12,000 train drivers continue their industrial action today (June 3) over pay and conditions. The RMT union claims the strikes, which began last June, have so far cost the UK economy £5 billion – far more than a settlement would have […]
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Commuters and other passengers have been urged to avoid using trains during this week’s rail strikes. Eight-in-ten trains were cancelled on Tuesday (Jan 3) as RMT members continued their long running strike for better pay and conditions, marking the worst disruption seen on Britain’s railways for 30 years. Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group […]
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Anger is growing at the government’s failure to engage in talks to avoid the UK’s biggest rail strikes in three decades. Transport secretary Grant Shapps is insistent that it is not the role of the government to negotiate rail workers’ pay and working conditions with unions. Shapps dismissed claims the government wants the strikes to […]
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