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Pedal4Progress cyclists join striking rail workers on the picket line

“PEDALLING pickets” joined striking rail workers at Victoria and Piccadilly stations in Manchester today.

The Morning Star’s Pedal4Progress cycling team started the second leg of their 160-mile trans-Pennine marathon to raise funds for our paper.

The cyclists, who include actor and Morning Star ambassador Maxine Peake, set off from Liverpool on Tuesday, backed by a logistics team.

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