Tag Archives: rail strikes

Written assurance that LNER will end the custom would most likely be sufficient for the union to enter negotiations. A commitment to bring driver numbers up to required levels could form the basis for a long-term agreement. Royal Mail’s plan to halt postal train operations by October 10 after almost 200 …

Trade unions have reported the Government to the UN over “dreadful” new anti-strike laws. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has submitted a case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN’s workers’ rights watchdog, protesting against the legislation to ensure minimum service levels during mass walkouts. Paul Nowak, the general …

General Secretary Mick Lynch and the National Executive of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are determined to impose a final sell-out of the year-long dispute of rail workers. The RMT has called just one more strike for this year, for September 2, involving 20,000 members at 14 train …

H undreds of thousands of workers across multiple sectors have voted to go on strike, including rail workers, ambulance workers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. With long-running disputes throughout December, what sectors will be striking in January? University lecturers and teachers In November, 70,000 lecturers, librarians, and researchers across …

Britain is in decline. It’s probably irreversible and doesn’t bother me for reasons I’ll scandalise you with later, but if the unions imagine they can seize this moment to grab as much cash as possible, like the last round of the Crystal Maze, they’ve made a big mistake. Their industries …

There are already private ambulance services, and right now they are all expanding. One company, Met Medical, has been specifically offering its services during the strikes. A Guardian headline writer described that as “cashing in” on the strikes in outraged tones. The more moderate among us may view it simply …

Britain’s trade union bureaucracy is making desperate efforts to sabotage the fight of millions of workers against attacks by the employers and government on wages, conditions, pensions and jobs. Last Friday, the GMB union called off a planned strike by thousands of ambulance workers, set to go ahead on December …

Lovethesales.com, one of the country’s biggest online sales websites, said there had already been significant bargains available in the run up to Christmas, with more expected over the January sales period. Mark Solomon, from lovethesales.com, said: “We have seen a large number of retailers launch Christmas deals early this year, …

Rail strikes Across December and January, there will be both regional and national rail strikes. Nearly every train line will be impacted in some way. The strikes are by RMT members at Network Rail and by train drivers represented by Aslef. They will affect 15 train operators. These are: Avanti …

How I miss that distinctive sound of Advent: the heavy thud of 11 envelopes landing on the doormat! Ever since the decline of handwritten letters, which began in the 1990s with the arrival of the internet, Advent has been the one time of year when we could re-live the daily …