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The picket line outside Liverpool Lime Street station as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) take part in a fresh strike over jobs, pay and conditions
TORY plans to introduce minimum service levels on public transport during strikes are an “autocratic attack on the freedom of working people,” unions warned today.
The government’s Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which was introduced to the Commons today, will “conscript workers to break their own strikes” by forcing many to work during walkouts, transport unions stressed.
The widely criticised legislation, which ministers said may come into force across buses and trains next year, could end effective industrial action on public transport.
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
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
