Mick Lynch compares proposed anti-strike laws to 'oppressive regimes like China'
1 year, 11 months ago

Mick Lynch compares proposed anti-strike laws to 'oppressive regimes like China'

Daily Mail  

Under-fire Mick Lynch today compared the Government's proposed anti-strike laws to Communist China and Putin's Russia as he accused ministers of trying to 'conscript' workers to cross picket lines - as the RMT boss desperately tries to shore up support for his latest round of unpopular walkouts. A deserted Euston station in London amid a wave of fresh rail strikes Under-fire Mick Lynch today compared the Government's proposed anti-strike laws to Communist China and Putin's Russia In an interview with ITV's Lorraine earlier today, Mr Lynch denied claims that rail workers are paid more than £50,000 a year. Defending the new walkouts, Mr Lynch told Lorraine: 'The vast majority of our people that we're negotiating for in Network Rail. Seventy-five per cent of our members in the train operators are below 32,000 - that's for 24/7 working in all weathers across the calendar year' A noticeboard in Euston station warning of industrial action this week 'We can get there with them on that.

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Train strikes return less than 48 hours after government offers pay deal
4 months, 1 week ago

Train strikes return less than 48 hours after government offers pay deal

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 Commuters face three more months of train strikes as the drivers’ union Aslef announced further walkouts …

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 …

Rail strikes to cripple train services on Friday
1 year, 3 months ago

Rail strikes to cripple train services on Friday

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, perfectly reasonably, want to be able to …

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 …

RMT leader: Rail dispute is ‘stuck in a deadlock’
1 year, 9 months ago

RMT leader: Rail dispute is ‘stuck in a deadlock’

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. Read our privacy policy A bitter industrial dispute which …

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. …

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 rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again
1 year, 11 months ago

UK rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again

Al Jazeera  

More sectors to join industrial action later this month as workers demand a living wage that allows them to cope with surging inflation. Railway workers across the UK have launched strikes, accusing the government of blocking rail operators from offering an acceptable proposal on job security, pay and working conditions. The government has said it cannot afford to give public …

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 …

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes
2 years ago

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Railroad workers across England walked off the job Tuesday, disrupting trains throughout the U.K. and starting what is expected to be a month of strikes by public service workers demanding higher pay as soaring inflation erodes living standards. The strikes come after unions rejected the latest offer on pay and working conditions from Network Rail, which runs the …

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, …

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 …

Rail strikes could continue for six months as wage talks drag on
2 years, 1 month ago

Rail strikes could continue for six months as wage talks drag on

The Telegraph  

Rail union leaders have received a mandate to continue a campaign of strike action for another six months as talks over pay rises and working conditions drag on. The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union said that more than nine in 10 members backed further walkouts across Network Rail, the owner of tracks and stations, as well as 14 train …

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 …

Latest in string of strikes brings most UK trains to a halt
2 years, 2 months ago

Latest in string of strikes brings most UK trains to a halt

Associated Press  

LONDON — Most train services across the U.K. were canceled Saturday as thousands of rail workers staged the latest in a string of strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions. “We know that it’s difficult for the public,” said Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union. Lynch urged Transport Secretary Anne Marie Trevelyan to “unshackle the …

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 …

Strikes sweep Britain as soaring inflation savages living standards
2 years, 3 months ago

Strikes sweep Britain as soaring inflation savages living standards

CNN  

London CNN Business — Workers in the United Kingdom have had enough of falling living standards. ‘Demoralizing’ The United Kingdom has “never seen level of disruption across all sectors,” Chiara Benassi, an associate professor in comparative employment relations at King’s College London, told CNN Business. “There’s been the rise in precarious work, so that a growing proportion of workers simply …

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 …

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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Here we go again: Strike snarls UK trains for a third day
2 years, 5 months ago

Here we go again: Strike snarls UK trains for a third day

Associated Press  

LONDON — Train stations were all but deserted across Britain on Saturday, as the third day of a national strike snarled the weekend plans of millions. Train companies said only a fifth of passenger services would run, as about 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff walked off the job in Britain’s biggest and most disruptive railway strike for …

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 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 …

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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Rail union plans for largest industrial action in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

Rail union plans for largest industrial action in decades

The Independent  

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Biggest rail strike in a generation to paralyse UK travel network
2 years, 6 months ago

Biggest rail strike in a generation to paralyse UK travel network

The Telegraph  

The biggest rail strike in more than 30 years has been announced over three days later this month as “militant” union chiefs pile pressure on Boris Johnson by launching industrial action to coincide with crucial by-elections. Nationwide strikes on June 21, 23 and 25 were yesterday announced by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in "the biggest dispute on the …

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