Rail strikes

The RMT union has announced four 24-hour strikes: Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 March and Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April.

Tickets will be valid for travel on alternative days on GWR services as follows:](https://www.gwr.com/help-and-support/refunds-and-compensation/delay-repay) Customers without seat reservations will not be able to board reservation only trains. Tickets for Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 March can be used on the day before or up to and including Tuesday 21 March Other train operators are also affected by this action, so onward travel could also be affected. The train operator is telling people that many parts of its network will have no service at all. GWR warns that on strike days (Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 March) only an extremely reduced service will operate on a limited number of routes.

RMT union leaders suspended Network Rail strikes planned for this week but workers at 14 train operating countries were set to go ahead.

This is on top of the 5 percent already paid this year. The talks are part of the strategy but we know that we need more and we can’t accept what is on offer now. Socialist Workers Party members on the executive argued against calling off the strikes. The offer is an extra 1.5 percent consolidated—integrated into basic pay this school year—and then an extra 5 percent for the next school year. The retreat was a mistake. The lack of any recent action by RMT leaders has allowed Transport for London managers to begin cutting up to 600 jobs—mostly from safety-critical roles. “The rail deal is confusing on purpose I think to make people think we’re getting a double-digit pay rise. That 1.1 percent difference—9.2 percent versus 10.3 percent—is from the extra four months of the increase. Then 4 percent on top for three months of 2022 and the rest of 2023. [ 14 train operating companies](https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/workers-ready-to-make-15-march-a-budget-day-to-really-remember/) were still set for Thursday and Saturday this week, and 30 March and 1 April. The action comes at a crucial juncture. The RMT says that for most workers, it means a 10.3 percent rise in basic earnings over two years.

The action, which will last 24 hours, will shut the Tube on Budget Day and have a knock-on impact on Thursday morning. Only the Elizabeth line and London ...

“This is not a strike about pay or for more time off. They have no problem bailing out the banks or Tube drivers voted by 99% in favour of the action on a turnout of 78%.

Bar business Nightcap has estimated that the 13 days of rail strikes last year cost the company approximately 1.2m in earnings.

However, like-for-like revenue was down 5.8% in the first half compared to 2022, largely due to the rail strikes. In its interim results for the six months to 1 January 2023, Nightcap reported revenue growth of 48.7% to £23.5m. Like-for-like revenue increased by 4.7% for the second quarter of the year compared to the prior year, and by 10.1% for the first half of 2023 against the equivalent period in the group's 2019 financial year.

Nightcap PLC (AIM:NGHT), the London cocktails company, drank in an increase in revenue which inched the shares 5% higher to 11p. Revenue in the 26 weeks to.

The board estimates that 13 rail strike days cost £1.2mln in EBITDA. Adjusted underlying earnings (EBITDA) also grew by 25% to £2mln [Nightcap PLC (AIM:NGHT)](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/LON:NGHT/Nightcap-PLC/), the London cocktails company, drank in an increase in revenue which inched the shares 5% higher to 11p.

Northern, which runs trains across Teesside and the North east, has warned its services will be 'very limited' on Thursday, March 16, and again on Saturday, ...

The [Saltburn](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/saltburn-and-east-cleveland) to [Darlington](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/darlington) service, used by many Teesside travellers and commuters, will continue to run, says Northern. However, there will be no rail replacement buses on strike days for Northern services and some Northern stations may be closed or have reduced hours due to limited staffing and services. Limited services will operate on Thursday and trains are expected to start later on Friday across the Northern network. Tricia Williams, chief operating officer, said: “We’re expecting the skeleton services we can run to be very busy – so customers should plan ahead and check before they travel. [Travellers](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/traffic-travel) are urged to check Northern's strike timetable before planning any journeys. [Saltburn](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/saltburn-and-east-cleveland) to [Darlington](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/darlington) services will run on strike days, says Northern. [here](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/)to sign up to our free newsletter [trains](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/transport) across Teesside and the North east, has warned its services will be 'very limited' on Thursday, March 16, and again on Saturday, March 18, as the RMT union ramps up its industrial action. [Delivery driver banned from getting behind the wheel after failing to provide a breath sample](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/delivery-driver-banned-getting-behind-26423953) [Toddler was 'gone for two minutes' after suffering cardiac arrest in 'biggest operation of her life'](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/toddler-gone-two-minutes-after-26453639) [Teessiders 'shouting at TV' after Saturday Night Takeaway airport rule question sparks confusion](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tv/teessiders-shouting-tv-after-saturday-26452237) [Popular Middlesbrough bakery slapped with 0* food hygiene rating and told to urgently improve](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/popular-middlesbrough-bakery-slapped-0-26379471) [www.northernrailway.co.uk/strikes](http://www.northernrailway.co.uk/strikes). The same is expected for Saturday with a later start to services on Sunday which, says Northern, is because of the impact of the strike action on fleet displacement. [Junior doctors ‘could earn more serving coffee than saving patients’](https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/junior-doctors-could-earn-more-26452883)