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Workers at Southeastern and Great Western Railway join fightback over pay
A Southeastern High Speed train heads for London through Ashford in Kent.

WORKERS at two rail profiteers are planning to join the fightback which is spreading across the industry, their union announced today.

Members of Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) at Southeastern and Great Western are set to ballot on strike action over pay, conditions and job security.

This follows the TSSA members at Network Rail, Cross Country, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains, Avanti West Coast, Northern, LNER and C2C who are already voting on strike action.

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