Rail workers are striking due to a disagreement over wages. Job eliminations, and working conditions. Leading to disruption to train travel. Transport ministers need to give “additional money” in contract discussions, much like their Department of Health counterparts did, according to the leader of the RMT union. During the rail workers’ strike over pay and … Read more
Third rail strike to hamper services across Britain as discussions continue. RMT members object to limited pay rises and changes in working procedures. At issue is a conflict over the modernization of working techniques inside the network’s maintenance unit. Train passengers in the United Kingdom are preparing for a third one-day rail strike on Saturday … Read more
The RMT union has announced three days of strike action on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accused union leaders of “dragging the country back to the 1970s”. Labour’s Louise Haigh accused Shapps of failing to intervene in the negotiations. Grant Shapps, transport secretary, criticized the RMT union for its decision to engage … Read more
