Union boss threatens to bring Britain ‘to its knees’ and lead ‘millions’ on strike
2 years, 2 months ago

Union boss threatens to bring Britain ‘to its knees’ and lead ‘millions’ on strike

The Telegraph  

A union boss has threatened to bring Britain to its knees this autumn by leading “millions” of workers on strike, as a split over pay disputes threatened to engulf Labour’s party conference. Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, said a coordinated mass walkout could cause “chaos” and succeed in driving the Conservatives out of government. Speaking in Liverpool at a fringe event of Left-wing MPs, Mr Serwotka said industrial action by civil servants – who his union represents – would lead to cancelled driving tests, huge border queues and problems collecting taxes. And if we get millions of people on strike at the same time, hundreds of thousands taking action, that demonstrates our worth.” Labour MPs at the rally included former John McDonnell, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon, former members of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet.

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How Starmer’s promises to the Labour Left came unstuck
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Starmer’s promises to the Labour Left came unstuck

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are under extreme pressure from Labour’s Left wing. At the party’s conference this week Mick Lynch, boss of the RMT transport union, set out his demands for nothing less than a complete Left-wing revolution of Britain and its economy. “That’s the prize we’ve got to keep our eyes on – that union influence is …

Tories warn of 'return to union chaos of the 1970s' after RMT boss Mick Lynch vows to 'seize control' of the UK economy now Labour is in power
3 months ago

Tories warn of 'return to union chaos of the 1970s' after RMT boss Mick Lynch vows to 'seize control' of the UK economy now Labour is in power

Daily Mail  

Tories have warned of a 'return to union chaos of the 1970s' after a trade union baron vowed to seize control of the economy now that their Labour ‘friends’ are in power. RMT boss Mick Lynch has said that union chiefs are looking to seize control of the UK economy Unions have used the Labour conference to flex their muscles, …

Former Tory rail minister admits failure on reform – and praises train staff and unions
4 months ago

Former Tory rail minister admits failure on reform – and praises train staff and unions

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The last Tory rail minister has made a surprise intervention in the row over train driver …

Union announces London Overground strike dates for February and March
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Union announces London Overground strike dates for February and March

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Staff working on London Overground are set to go on strike in February and March after …

More misery for rail passengers as RMT stages 24-hour walkout
1 year, 3 months ago

More misery for rail passengers as RMT stages 24-hour walkout

The Independent  

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Holiday nightmare as Dover chaos and rail strikes add to delays
1 year, 4 months ago

Holiday nightmare as Dover chaos and rail strikes add to delays

The Independent  

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Government accused of preventing settlement as RMT members strike
1 year, 4 months ago

Government accused of preventing settlement as RMT members strike

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the decision to …

Rail strikes could be over as RMT union ‘considers’ improved offer from train firms
1 year, 8 months ago

Rail strikes could be over as RMT union ‘considers’ improved offer from train firms

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Months of strike disruption on the railways could be approaching an end after the main rail …

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day
1 year, 9 months ago

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day

Live Mint  

About half a million British workers are striking on Wednesday as unions stage a mass walkout timed to disrupt Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s annual budget. “When the Chancellor leaves Downing Street to go to Parliament to deliver the budget, he will see picket lines outside the Cabinet Office and various government departments that are on strike,” said Mark …

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike

LA Times  

Teachers march in protest in London, joining hundreds of thousands of workers who went on strike Wednesday. Thousands of schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports Wednesday in what was shaping up to be Britain’s biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade, as unions stepped up …

How strikes will bring Britain to a standstill on February 1
1 year, 11 months ago

How strikes will bring Britain to a standstill on February 1

The Telegraph  

The biggest strike disruption so far is set to hit on Feb 1 after train drivers announced a walkout on the same day as teachers and civil servants. Bosses at the Trades Union Congress earmarked the date for coordinated national action to demonstrate their anger at the Government’s plans to introduce minimum service levels across key public sectors in a …

UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — U.K. government ministers met trade union leaders on Monday but fell short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the rail network and strained the overburdened health system. However Onay Kasab, negotiator for the Unite union, said the talks had been a “missed opportunity.” Unions said strikes by nurses and ambulance staff planned for this month …

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch admits public support for strikes has 'taken a dent'
1 year, 11 months ago

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch admits public support for strikes has 'taken a dent'

Daily Mail  

Train union baron Mick Lynch today admitted support for his members from the public had 'taken a dent' amid seemingly never-ending strikes. The RMT general secretary insisted backing was still 'very good' but conceded four weeks of various industrial action may have taken its toll. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, joins union members on …

Train strikes today: What are the RMT’s demands compared with Network Rail’s current offer?
1 year, 11 months ago

Train strikes today: What are the RMT’s demands compared with Network Rail’s current offer?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. RMT announced on 12 December that 63.6 per cent of members rejected the most recent pay offer from Network Rail. …

Government seeking to ‘destroy the railway’ says train drivers’ union boss
1 year, 11 months ago

Government seeking to ‘destroy the railway’ says train drivers’ union boss

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As the latest strike by train drivers begins, the leader of their trade union, Aslef, has …

Public support for striking rail workers appears to slip, YouGov poll suggests
1 year, 11 months ago

Public support for striking rail workers appears to slip, YouGov poll suggests

Daily Mail  

More Britons now oppose the strikes which are crippling Britain's rail network than those who back them, a new poll has suggested. The survey revealed less than half of the public back industrial action on the railways compared to 66% who support nurse walk outs and 50% who agree with teachers going on strike. Public support for striking railway workers …

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government
1 year, 11 months ago

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government

Hindustan Times  

British rail workers will walk off the job much of this week, paralyzing transport and adding to the troubles piling up for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government. “We’re not going back to the 1970s where the trade union barons thought that they ran the government,” Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last week. “We’re increasing the NHS capacity by the equivalent …

Union boss warns travellers could face months of disruption
2 years ago

Union boss warns travellers could face months of disruption

The Independent  

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Sturgeon urges Harper to intervene in rail dispute as more strikes loom
2 years ago

Sturgeon urges Harper to intervene in rail dispute as more strikes loom

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Despite this, passengers in Scotland still face severe disruption …

Rail services to be crippled for a week as train drivers announce fresh strike
2 years ago

Rail services to be crippled for a week as train drivers announce fresh strike

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Members of the drivers’ union Aslef at 15 train …

Fresh strike causes more misery for rail passengers as bitter dispute continues
2 years ago

Fresh strike causes more misery for rail passengers as bitter dispute continues

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He told the PA news agency: “Many people are suffering from low wages.” Asked …

UK rail strikes: Who is RMT leader Mick Lynch?
2 years ago

UK rail strikes: Who is RMT leader Mick Lynch?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our union will now embark on a sustained campaign of industrial action which will …

Train strikes: month of chaos begins as rail staff walk out on first 48-hour strike
2 years ago

Train strikes: month of chaos begins as rail staff walk out on first 48-hour strike

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Due to industrial action, there will be significantly reduced train services across the railway from Tuesday 13 December until Sunday …

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave
2 years ago

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Wednesday threatened “tough” action to curb strikes, as airport passport officers became the latest public sector workers to announce December walkouts. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he was considering more “tough new laws.” “If the union leaders continue to be unreasonable, then it is my duty to take action to protect the …

Border Force staff to strike at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick over Christmas
2 years ago

Border Force staff to strike at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick over Christmas

The Telegraph  

Mr Serwotka revealed he had written to Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the head of the Armed Forces, on Tuesday to warn him it would be an outrage and affront to travellers to use the military to break the strike. “I made it clear that we think it would be an outrage if the British Armed Forces, who surely have far …

Mick Lynch admits Christmas train strikes will cause ‘real damage’ to ordinary people
2 years ago

Mick Lynch admits Christmas train strikes will cause ‘real damage’ to ordinary people

The Telegraph  

Rail union boss Mick Lynch has admitted that strike action on the railways over the Christmas period will cause “real damage” to ordinary people. When the union announced the new Dec 24-27 strike dates, it said they would coincide “with the wind down of passenger services” and would largely impact engineering works rather than on people travelling. However, Mr Lynch, …

DWP staff to take strike action for two weeks over Christmas
2 years ago

DWP staff to take strike action for two weeks over Christmas

The Independent  

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British households forced to pay £1,800 each to subsidise railways
2 years ago

British households forced to pay £1,800 each to subsidise railways

The Telegraph  

The proportion of Britons opposing industrial action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union rose from 42pc in October to 47pc, according to a poll by YouGov. Passengers have been told to brace for an “unprecedented period of disruption on railways” over Christmas as union officials snuffed out hopes that strike action could be averted. Rail chiefs said commuters …

Transport Secretary says he will not negotiate with rail union boss
2 years, 1 month ago

Transport Secretary says he will not negotiate with rail union boss

The Independent  

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Ports, Border Force, driving tests and licences to be hit by strikes
2 years, 1 month ago

Ports, Border Force, driving tests and licences to be hit by strikes

The Independent  

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Government accused of prolonging rail workers dispute
2 years, 2 months ago

Government accused of prolonging rail workers dispute

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Our members are fully committed to the industrial action …

Unions call for urgent meeting with Nicola Sturgeon over future of rail network
2 years, 2 months ago

Unions call for urgent meeting with Nicola Sturgeon over future of rail network

The Independent  

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Worst rail disruption of year as train workers walk out in pay dispute
2 years, 2 months ago

Worst rail disruption of year as train workers walk out in pay dispute

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The companies with whom we are in dispute have not offered us a penny, and we think it is outrageous …

Passengers hit by rail strike face car hire bills soaring above £350 as 50,000 workers walk out
2 years, 2 months ago

Passengers hit by rail strike face car hire bills soaring above £350 as 50,000 workers walk out

Daily Mail  

Passengers were met with travel woe on Britain's rail networks today as unions kickstarted the biggest rail strike in decades during one of the busiest sporting weekends of the year, with 50,000 train workers walking out across the country. Those wishing to travel on Saturday faced a vastly reduced service, even from major stations such as London's Kings Cross Kings …

UK-wide train strikes announced for two dates in September
2 years, 3 months ago

UK-wide train strikes announced for two dates in September

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Over 40,000 RMT members from Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will take to picket lines, “effectively shutting down …

Fresh strikes row for Keir Starmer as unions plan action during Labour conference
2 years, 3 months ago

Fresh strikes row for Keir Starmer as unions plan action during Labour conference

The Telegraph  

A row over strikes threatens to overshadow Labour’s party conference next month as rail workers plan a 24-hour walkout during the same week. Labour’s annual conference takes place in Liverpool between Sep 25 to Sep 28, with the strike creating another headache for Sir Keir Starmer, the party leader. In a direct challenge to Sir Keir, Manuel Cortes, the TSSA …

Trains paralyzed again in UK as unions stage more strikes
2 years, 4 months ago

Trains paralyzed again in UK as unions stage more strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of train workers in Britain staged a new round of strikes Thursday, paralyzing rail service across the country in an escalating dispute over pay and working conditions exacerbated by a deepening cost-of-living crisis. Mick Lynch, leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said rail workers, like socores of ther public sector employees in the U.K., are …

Train drivers' union boss under fire for comparing proposed anti-strike laws to Nazi Germany
2 years, 4 months ago

Train drivers' union boss under fire for comparing proposed anti-strike laws to Nazi Germany

Daily Mail  

Militant union bosses have been accused of taking leave of their senses after one compared proposed anti-strike laws to Nazi Germany. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps hit out after Mick Whelan, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, accused the Government of taking the UK back to Germany, Spain and Italy in the 1930s. Mr Whelan, whose union staged another 24-hour …

Further strike action possible as latest walkout cripples rail services again
2 years, 5 months ago

Further strike action possible as latest walkout cripples rail services again

The Independent  

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Starmer stance on rail strikes ‘may end’ Labour party, union chief warns
2 years, 6 months ago

Starmer stance on rail strikes ‘may end’ Labour party, union chief warns

The Independent  

A senior union leader has warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s handling of the railway strikes “may end” the Labour party. The Aslef boss tweeted in response: “May end the party.” In an email to shadow ministers ahead of the first rail walkout on Tuesday, Sir Keir said: “We must show leadership and to that end, please be reminded that frontbenchers …

Rail strike will go ahead on Thursday as RMT accuses Grant Shapps of ‘wrecking’ negotiations
2 years, 6 months ago

Rail strike will go ahead on Thursday as RMT accuses Grant Shapps of ‘wrecking’ negotiations

The Independent  

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Rail strike: Hugh Laurie praises RMT union boss Mick Lynch for ‘cleaning up’ in interviews
2 years, 6 months ago

Rail strike: Hugh Laurie praises RMT union boss Mick Lynch for ‘cleaning up’ in interviews

The Independent  

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Rail union boss slams Tory MP for talking ‘nonsense’ in live TV clash
2 years, 6 months ago

Rail union boss slams Tory MP for talking ‘nonsense’ in live TV clash

The Independent  

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EXPLAINED: Britain Rail Strike, The Biggest In 30 Years, Over Pay Freeze And Job Cuts
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINED: Britain Rail Strike, The Biggest In 30 Years, Over Pay Freeze And Job Cuts

ABP News  

With tens of thousands of workers walking out, causing major disruption across the network and leaving major stations deserted as trains stand cancelled, Great Britain is facing the biggest rail strikes in three decades. The strike started Monday night as the workers’ unions and the government refused to budge from the respective stands in a row over pay freezes and …

Grant Shapps says not even ‘one in million’ chance he could have stopped train strike
2 years, 6 months ago

Grant Shapps says not even ‘one in million’ chance he could have stopped train strike

The Independent  

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Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Rail strikes signal Britain's 'return to lockdown'
2 years, 6 months ago

Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Rail strikes signal Britain's 'return to lockdown'

The Telegraph  

Boris Johnson has warned the public to prepare for more rail chaos, as he stressed the need for modernisation and reform in the industry. Rail chiefs have vowed to "dump outdated working practices" and cut 1,800 staff as the war with trade unions escalates over the mass walkouts. Former Tory chancellor Lord Clarke has said national rail strikes must not …

Unions and ministers in blame game as travellers hit by worst rail strikes since 1980s
2 years, 6 months ago

Unions and ministers in blame game as travellers hit by worst rail strikes since 1980s

The Independent  

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Stop unions 'bullying public' by bringing in law, PM told
2 years, 6 months ago

Stop unions 'bullying public' by bringing in law, PM told

The Telegraph  

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to bring in the rail strike reforms he promised three years ago that would have curbed the industrial actions being taken this week. Senior Tories have told The Telegraph that legislation to ensure a “minimum service” must be run during train strikes should be tabled now, despite ministers refusing to name a timeline. The …

War of words between unions and the Government ahead of rail strikes
2 years, 6 months ago

War of words between unions and the Government ahead of rail strikes

The Independent  

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