Rail strike

RMT Press Office: Rail union RMT launch 3 days of national strike action across the railway network. Over 50,000 railway workers will walkout as part of 3 days ...

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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25. The RMT has also announced ...

‘We cannot expect to take more than our fair share of public funds, and so we must modernise our industry to put it on a sound financial footing for the future. ‘We know that the cost of living has increased and we want to give our people a pay rise, but the RMT must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers,’ he said. The union said more than 50,000 railway workers will walk out on June 21, adding that the action will affect the national railway network for the entire week. The union claims the action later this month will be the biggest strike on the railways since 1989. Thousands of rail workers are to stage three days of national strike action later this month in disputes over pay and jobs, the RMT union has announced. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25.

Freight bosses have warned of 'disruption to the delivery of critical goods and materials' without Government intervention, as the strikes threaten to cause ...

“It is passengers who suffer most in the event of strikes. This means uncertainty for passengers, so it is crucial that all parties get back around the table and resolve this matter without bringing the railway to a standstill. “No one wins in the event of a strike. “There are two weeks until the first strike is planned. Andrew Haines, Network Rail’s chief executive, said: “We know that the cost of living has increased and we want to give our people a pay rise, but the RMT must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers. Freight bosses have warned of “disruption to the delivery of critical goods and materials” without Government intervention.

'Our union will now embark on a sustained campaign of industrial action which will shut down the railway system,' says Mick Lynch of the RMT union.

“We are working with the industry to reduce disruption caused by strike action, but unions are jumping the gun by announcing this when talks have only just begun. “No one wins in the event of a strike. According to the RMT, it will be “the biggest dispute on the network since 1989”. We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. Rail companies are making at least £500m a year in profits, whilst fat cat rail bosses have been paid millions during the Covid-19 pandemic.” Union members voted overwhelmingly for action last month amid growing dissatisfaction over pay and job losses.

Tens of thousands of Network rail workers are ready and waiting to strike for higher pay and end to redundancies.

The union should call us all out together to maximise our impact and pile the pressure on the bosses and the Tories.” If they are not receptive then socialists outside the RMT need to picket the depots during the strikes.” Dan said if this happens “the union must respond to this attack on our human rights with even more strike dates”.

Thousands of rail workers are to stage three days of strike action later this month in disputes over pay and jobs, the RMT union has announced.

We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. Thousands of rail workers are to stage three days of strike action later in June in disputes over pay and jobs, in what the RMT union has said is the biggest railway strike in a generation. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25.

Some 50,000 members of the RMT union are set to walk out in late June, across more than a dozen train operators around the UK and London Underground. As RMT ...

He said the industry had received £16bn in subsidies during the pandemic, but that that funding was unsustainable. Network Rail said it was continuing to meet the unions to discuss pay and was “doing everything we can to avoid strike action on the railway”. It estimated the action would cost it about £30m a day. “We know that the cost of living has increased and we want to give our people a pay rise, but the RMT must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers and passengers,” chief executive Andrew Haines said. “We have a cost of living crisis, and it is unacceptable for railway workers to either lose their jobs or face another year of a pay freeze when inflation is at 11.1pc and rising.” The union said it had been in “intense” talks with the rail bosses but they could not agree on a pay proposal or a guarantee of an end to compulsory redundancies. Britons are facing the biggest rail strike in more than 30 years as industrial action threatens to “shut down the country’s railway network”.

Do you think, a reader asks, the train strike for later this month will actually go ahead? Yes, and to be clear that near-certainty applies to all three ...

The government is in no mood to meet pay demands it sees as excessive. In reality, though, the RMT is taking on the government. My belief that the strikes will happen is because of a gulf between the sides that looks almost unbridgeable.

Railway workers will strike for three days later this month and "shut down the system" according to a union boss, threatening travel chaos for commuters and ...

We cannot expect to take more than our fair share of public funds, and so we must modernise our industry to put it on a sound financial footing for the future. We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. "Travel habits have changed forever and the railway must change as well. "We know that the cost of living has increased and we want to give our people a pay rise, but the RMT must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers. "The companies have told us across the table that they wish to cut thousands of jobs and they wish to make fundamental changes," said the RMT boss. The RMT said that up to 50,000 of its members across Network Rail, 13 train operators and on London Underground would walk out on 21 June in the "biggest outbreak of industrial action in the UK since 1989".

Rail Delivery Group chair says it needs to draw up guidance for people 'but we will be very flexible'

The planned industrial action – after a successful ballot of 40,000 members across Network Rail and 13 train operating companies last month – is due to start on Tuesday 21 June and run on alternating days until the Saturday, covering some of the busiest days of the week for rail since pandemic rules eased. “It was proposed in the Conservative party’s manifesto in 2019 that there would be a minimum service obligation so that trains would have to run, as they do in France, Italy, Spain, during strikes, where a third to a fifth of trains operate,” Merriman told Today. “If we cannot provide a service to our customers due to strike action then we will refund customers,” said Steve Montgomery, the chair of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG).

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, coinciding with a ...

We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. He urged the union to "continue to work" with partners like the RDG to "ensure a fair deal". Meanwhile, Rail Delivery Group chairman Steve Montgomery said the RMT announcement is "disappointing" and called for the "needless and damaging" strikes to be called off. He went on to say while the firm recognises the cost of living has risen it does want to give workers an increase but the union "must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers". Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25.

Train operators and RMT have said they want more talks to avoid the strikes. If industrial action goes ahead, more than 40,000 staff from Network Rail and 13 ...

The government needs to fund the railway properly, and we need the companies to give up some of their profits to give our members a pay rise," he added. You can also get in touch in the following ways: In addition, workers at Network Rail, which maintains the railways throughout Britain, also voted to strike. "We've not said 'we're not going to give staff a pay increase', but we need to sit down and talk with RMT on how we can move reform forward to make it fair for everybody." "It's really important we ask RMT to get back round the table," he said. According to the Department for Transport, the average salary rail worker salary is £44,000.

Talks are to be held in a bid to avert strikes by railway workers after the scale of disruption to services by the planned industrial action became clear, ...

“Because anyone working in this industry, any industry for that matter, you want it to be sustainable for the long term. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. “There are two weeks until the first strike is planned. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. “But the most important thing right now would be for the union leaders to get around the table with the industry leaders and just basically act like adults and just to come to a sensible solution.”

Cabinet minister Sajid Javid issued the demand after the RMT union announced plans for a string of walk-outs this month.

RMT assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey told LBC: “We’ve asked for a substantial pay rise. “We haven’t put a figure on it and a number of losses in terms of jobs that are proposed in the industry are far more than 2,500.” Tens of thousands of holidaymakers have also been hit by flight delays and cancellations over staff shortages at airlines and airports. And we’re basing it on the fact that a lot of our members now are in a third year of a pay freeze. The RMT claimed that rail firms had not made “concrete proposals” on demands for better pay and job security, prompting the union to call for the largest strike since 1989. “I hope they sit down with the industry, think again, act sensibly, act like grown-ups and understand that not only would a strike be wrong for the travellers, the misery that would cause, but actually I think it would be wrong for the workers in the industry.”

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, in the biggest outbreak of ...

“There are two weeks until the first strike is planned. No direct talks are planned between the union and train operators, although the RMT said it is open to “meaningful negotiations” to try to resolve the dispute. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, in the biggest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation.

The 'biggest outbreak of industrial action since 1989' could bring the network to a standstill. London Underground workers are set to strike again on 21 ...

He said the industry had received £16bn in subsidies during the pandemic, but that that funding was unsustainable. Network Rail said it was continuing to meet the unions to discuss pay and was “doing everything we can to avoid strike action on the railway”. It estimated the action would cost it about £30m a day. “We know that the cost of living has increased and we want to give our people a pay rise, but the RMT must recognise we are a public body and any pay increase has to be affordable for taxpayers and passengers,” chief executive Andrew Haines said. The union said it had been in “intense” talks with the rail bosses but they could not agree on a pay proposal or a guarantee of an end to compulsory redundancies. The delivery of critical goods and materials could be disrupted as freight bosses warn the strike is likely to have a “major impact” on freight trains. “In a worst case scenario, we could see some disruption to the delivery of critical goods and materials as well, such as energy sources supplied to UK power plants on our trains.”

The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have announced that rail strike action is planned for the end of the month.

The strike across the London Underground network will take place for 24 hours on Tuesday, June 21. The strikes will take place across three days for 24 hours each, those dates are: Strikes are set to take place on some of the busiest days for the nation, as major events are planned across regions.

RMT Union have announced three days of non-consecutive strike action later this month across all rail networks.

Our union will now embark on a sustained campaign of industrial action which will shut down the railway system." We will use this time to keep talking to our unions and, through compromise and common sense on both sides, we hope to find a solution and avoid the damage that strike action would cause all involved," he said. The RMT union has described its intention as "a sustained campaign of industrial action which will shut down the railway system". He said: "It is crucial that all parties get back around the table and resolve this matter without bringing the railway to a standstill. RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, in the biggest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation. More than 50,000 railway workers will walk out later this month in a dispute over pay and jobs.

More travel chaos is to be expected after more than 50,000 railway workers will stage a walkout on June 21, 23 and 25 in the biggest strike on the network since ...

“We are working with industry to reduce disruption caused by strike action, but Unions are jumping the gun by announcing this when talks have only just begun. We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing. housands of rail workers are to stage three days of strike action later this month in disputes over pay and jobs, the RMT union has announced.

Londoners are to see another 24-hour Tube strike, while there will be three days of disruption on the UK rail network.

We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing,” he said. “There are two weeks until the first strike is planned. “The Mayor of London has tax-raising powers. “Our union will now embark on a sustained campaign of industrial action which will shut down the railway system.” RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on 21, 23 and 25 June, in the biggest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation. It coincides with a wider, three-day walkout which will shut down the railway network on 21, 23 and 25 of June.