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THE work on improving Britain’s railways is to be delayed because a corporate contractor has refused to give workers a pay rise.
Balfour Beatty is involved in publicly funded contracts to improve Britain’s rail network.
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action because the company has refused a pay rise for 2020.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’