June doesn’t look to be in a good way.
25.05.2022 - 14:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rail passengers the length and breadth of the UK face a summer of major disruption after workers voted for the biggest strike more than 25 years. As the Manchester Evening News reported last night, members of the RMT union backed industrial action over pay, conditions, 2,500 Network Rail maintenance job cuts and reforms that the union claims will lead to a wave of ticket office closures.
Walkouts could begin as soon as mid-June and, speaking to the Mirror, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch refused to rule out them lasting into next year - or escalating into a general strike. The union said it was the biggest endorsement for industrial action by railway workers since privatisation.
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Workers at 13 of the 15 balloted firms and Network Rail voted for strike action. Workers at a 14th firm, GTR including the Gatwick Express, voted for action short of a strike.
Workers at only one of the 15 firms, the small Island Line on the Isle of Wight, refused to support industrial action at all. Overall the RMT said 71 per cent of those balloted took part in the vote with 89pc voting in favour of strike action and only 11pc voting against.
Strikes could run from Scotland to the tip of Cornwall as the RMT demands job cuts are reversed and calls for a pay rise above RPI inflation - currently 11.1pc - after two years of freezes.
The following companies have voted for strike action and action short of strike:
The following company voted for action short of strike:
Mr Lynch said the government plans to 'shut virtually every ticket office in Britain', meaning the 'end of passenger assistance' as the elderly and vulnerable are directed to apps and websites. He added: "[The]
June doesn’t look to be in a good way.
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Scots are set to be hit by further rail chaos later this month after it was confirmed the biggest strike in 30 years will go ahead.
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