Britain comes to a standstill: Scenes from strikes across the country July 27, 2022 Most Britons are forced to work from home today while the latest national rail strike threatens to bring the country to a standstill. More than 40,000 members of the union RMT working for Network Rail and 14 other operators walked out today in a dispute over job cuts and salaries. People took it to Twitter [...]
Train chaos: How will the rail and Tube strikes affect services across London and the UK today? June 21, 2022 Rail and Tube strikes are set to cripple services this week, causing travel chaos for passengers across the UK as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators are going on strike. Here is a quick rundown of what to expect today and this week. – When [...]
Negotiation has failed: the defence Keir should have made for rail strikes June 27, 2022 The rail strikes have finished, for the moment, and we can return to normal after the disruption. But we are promised a “summer of discontent”, with teachers and barristers next up to withdraw their labour. Disruption in public-facing services seems to be emerging as 2022’s leitmotif. The government responded to the transport strike by simultaneously [...]
The Super Strike: Which London train lines and buses have been affected by today’s walkouts? January 5, 2023 Rail passengers face a third consecutive day of travel disruption on Thursday because of a strike by train drivers – and once again it has seeped into the London transport network. Services are being be crippled by the walkout by members of Aslef at 15 rail companies in a long-running dispute over pay, with some [...]
Travel warnings as new train strikes begin today December 2, 2023 The first in a series of fresh strikes by train drivers will cause travel chaos in parts of England over the weekend. Members of the train drivers union Aslef at East Midlands Railway and LNER will walk out on Saturday, followed by strikes in the coming week at other train operators. Trains could be disrupted [...]
Rail strikes: More competition could see unrest become a thing of the past December 12, 2022 Government cannot continue to abdicate responsibility - it is time to bang some heads together to end the rail strikes
‘Unmitigated disaster’: Unions and Sadiq Khan slam transport sec Mark Harper’s rail reform plan February 8, 2023 Unions and Sadiq Khan have slammed the government’s plans to enhance the private sector’s role in railways, calling it “an unmitigated disaster.” It comes after transport secretary Mark Harper announced last night the creation of Great British Railways (GBR), saying the new public body will take “politics out of the railways.” According to Harper yesterday, [...]
Disruption continues as trains delayed this AM despite unions calling off strikes November 8, 2022 Disruption continued this morning as trains were delays despite rail strikes being called off last week. Several operators were forced to push first services by around two hours after struggling with having staff and rolling stock ready. South Western Railway urged passengers not to travel before 8am, while Northern and Great Western Railway said they [...]
Explainer-in-brief: what difference would agency workers make in the rail strikes? June 20, 2022 The biggest rail strikes in thirty years kick off this week. The government has been unable to conduct successful negotiations with the rail union RMT and is now scrambling to look like it’s doing something. Last week, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps suggested agency workers might be brought in to replace rail staff during the strikes. [...]
Rail strikes add to pain for hospitality as trade body warns of crisis point May 30, 2023 RAIL STRIKES this week are set to add to the woes of the hospitality industry, already bruised by an almost doubling of energy bills. Industrial action by the RMT and ASLEF unions will see walkouts on three separate days of what would have been a busy week for bars and pubs. Staff will walk out [...]