UK union warns for ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’

RMT rail strike _edinburgh 2021 source: RMT

The UK may be on the verge of what trade union RMT calls the biggest rail strike in modern British history. The union plans to ballot its members in the railway sector, asking to back strike action. The ballot, which opens on 26 April and runs until 24 May, could result in labour being withdrawn from fifteen passenger train operating companies in England and Wales, as well as over 40,000 railway workers from Network Rail, the national infrastructure agency.

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UK union warns for ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’

RMT rail strike _edinburgh 2021 source: RMT

The UK may be on the verge of what trade union RMT calls the biggest rail strike in modern British history. The union plans to ballot its members in the railway sector, asking to back strike action. The ballot, which opens on 26 April and runs until 24 May, could result in labour being withdrawn from fifteen passenger train operating companies in England and Wales, as well as over 40,000 railway workers from Network Rail, the national infrastructure agency.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

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