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Mick Lynch (centre) general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) joins members on the picket line outside London Euston train station during a strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture date: Wednesday December 14, 2022.
TORY ministers are blocking attempts to end national rail strikes, transport unions charged today as tens of thousands of workers prepare for more walkouts this week.
RMT members at Network Rail and 14 train-operating companies will continue a six-month dispute over cuts to safety critical jobs and take-home pay with another two 48-hour strikes tomorrow and on Friday.
And Thursday will see Aslef drivers at several train operators down tools again over plummeting real-terms wages, after first walking out in July 2022.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more