Photo taken on June 21, 2022 shows a notice of strikes at Clapham Junction Station in London, Britain. After last-ditch talks between unions and rail operators broke down here on Monday, the United Kingdom's (UK) National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) gave the go-a...
Tuesday 21 June 2022 20:45, UK Rail strikes Travel chaos This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Sky's Ed Conway looks at how many days the UK has lost to industrial action since 1891.Why you can trust Sky News Watch Next Zelenskyy warns of Russian army 'danger' to Europe Dog ...
John Boughton, Commercial Director for National Express UK & Ireland, said: “The rail strikes have been a fantastic opportunity for us to highlight just how good our coach services are, especially to those who may not have considered travelling with us before. People are making the switch b...
Trains stand stationary on tracks by platforms in Waterloo railway station in London, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Britain is facing its biggest rail strikes in decades after last-minute talks between a union and train companies failed to reach a settlement over pay and job security. Up to 40...
The government accuses the RMT union of rushing towards strikes when talks were at early stage but its boss says ministers and the operating companies have failed to take workers' concerns seriously.
GlobalDataJune 20, 2022 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook The strikes over job security and wages are due to problems created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Jevanto Productions via Shutterstock. According to GlobalData, domestic tourism demand in the UK is exp...
The general strike has been described as the most disruptive wave of rail strikes in more than 30 years. It is understood that the rail sector is not the only sector in the UK currently facing strike action, with the Unison, Unite and GMB unions announcing on June 30 that ambulance staff...
The head of the UK’s hospitality trade body has warned that the rail strike will “not be a one-off hit” to the industry, which is likely to be affected for the rest of the year. “There’s talk of further rolling strikes, so we’re likely to see an impact into the rest of ...
strikes are going to be a very big moment in the life of the UK: either because it will result in a settlement that will make the UK government’s inflation strategy harder to deliver, or because we may discover that the disruptive impact of a UK rail strike isn’t what it once was....
where we had a big panel talking about the rolling strikes that the RMT rail workers have been waging over in the UK. Those continue as we speak, but they are not alone. As we have seen over the course of the past six, seven months, more and more workers across the United Kingdom ...