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Leeds: The UK could be brought to a standstill by the wave of strikes
Leeds warned that Britain could be brought to a standstill by a wave of strikes affecting “every sector of the economy”. The RMT general secretary stopped short of predicting a general strike, saying: It is not in my power, it is up to the TUC. But he added: What you will get is a wave of solidarity action, general strike, synchronized action. And you will see it in every sector of the economy, in education, in health, in wider parts of the transport system, in all sectors, in the private sector as well. People are fed up with the way they’ve been treated. The British worker is basically underpaid and not given dignity or respect in the workplace. We need to change that so we get a square deal for everyone in Britain – and that’s what the unions are determined to do.
RMT boss warns rail row could go on ‘indefinitely’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has warned that the rail dispute could continue “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel misery for passengers. He called on the government to end its refusal to engage in talks on pay, jobs and conditions as he joined a picket line outside Euston station in London. Only around one in five trains are running across the country due to the walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. Lynch wrote to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, saying: Your government has taken the decision to use taxpayers’ money to bail out private train companies from liability for revenue lost due to industrial action, provided the same companies comply with government directives to withhold their wages, cut thousands of safety-critical jobs, introduce driver-only trains and close ticket offices across the network. Lynch said the union had estimated that, including previous and upcoming industrial action, more than £120m of taxpayers’ money had been used to “bail out” private rail companies to date. He told the PA news agency: The use of taxpayers’ money to satisfy the Tory party’s anti-union agenda and attempt to break the unions is disgraceful and means the row will drag on indefinitely as the train companies do not lose a penny as a result of industrial action and as a result therefore they have no incentive to resolve disputes. Rather than waging an ideological war against rail workers, millions of voters would rather the government allow a fair negotiated settlement. A spokesman for the Department of Transport said: Once again, for the sixth time since June, union leaders are choosing to cause misery and disrupt the daily lives of millions of people rather than work with industry to agree a deal that will bring our railways into the 21st century. It is clear that strikes are not the powerful tool they once were and union leaders are no longer able to bring the country to a standstill as, unlike them, the world has changed and people are simply working from home. All these strikes do is hurt those people who claim to represent the unions, many of whom will be out of pocket again and forced to miss a day of work. We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs. It’s time to get off the tracks and back to the negotiating table – the future of our railways depends on it. Updated at 08.57 BST Train passengers are in fresh misery today as rail workers strike again over pay and conditions. Chris Page, chairman of Rail Future: “People who have a good experience traveling by car today won’t come back, which means fewer rail jobs.” JuliaHB1 | @Railfuture pic.twitter.com/7Ja8D5rn3W — TalkTV (@TalkTV) August 18, 2022 The industrial action will cause four days of disruption to services, with one union warning it will “not back down” until its demands are met https://t.co/OsvW7QuKT2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 18, 2022 Andy Lord, TfL’s chief executive, apologized to customers for the disruption. I would like to apologize to our customers for the strike action being taken by the RMT and Unite, which will have a significant impact on the city’s transport network. I understand how frustrating these strikes are and would like to remind RMT and Unite that it is not too late to work with us, Arriva Rail London and RATP to find a solution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause in people’s travel and the economy. Customers should check before traveling from 18 to 21 August as the strike affects different modes of transport each day. For the 19th of August, we urge our customers to avoid traveling on the metro and only travel if necessary on the rest of the network. We expect little to no service on the Tube until 08:00 on Saturday 20 August and alternative modes of travel are likely to be busy. Please consider walking and cycling if you wish to travel. Transport for London reminded customers to “only travel if necessary” ahead of Tube, train and bus strikes on Friday and National Rail strikes today and Saturday.
Tube, train and bus strikes will affect most of TfL’s network on Friday 19 August. Customers are advised to avoid traveling on the Tube and only travel on the rest of the TfL network if necessary Strike action by Unite is taking place on some London bus routes in West and South West London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. Customers are encouraged to avoid traveling on affected routes (more details on the TfL website) The RMT is also hitting national rail lines on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August, which will affect some London Underground, London Underground and Elizabeth Line services. Customers using national rail services are advised to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary The strike disruption will continue into the following morning, so customers should check before travelling
RMT’s Lynch fears no solution possible due to ‘political interference’
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport (RMT) union, said he feared a solution could not be found because of “political interference” as rail workers stage another strike. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain from Euston station, he said the union was working with Network Rail and the train operators but “the gap between us is still there”. We have to find a way to bridge this, but I’m afraid because of the political interference going on with public transport and the Treasury, we can’t do it. We also have a dispute tomorrow with the London Underground – which is more of the same that rail funding has been cut and that means an attack on rail across the land and I think a lot of workers are suffering from that at the moment. They are not getting a square deal but we will continue to work with the companies to reach a negotiated settlement and once we are able to do that we will give it to our members and hopefully we can get the railway back on track providing services to those public needs . We will resolve these problems but what we need is the administration to have the ability to negotiate and I think that has partly been caught up in the Tory leadership election or the selection process that they are going through and I think these candidates have both done a right turn in this country, it is very difficult to find the ability to create a settlement. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport Union (RMT) at the breach line outside London’s Euston railway station. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Introduction: Only 20% of UK rail services running as 45,000 rail workers strike
Good morning and welcome to our live, rolling coverage of business, the economy and financial markets. Many train platforms will be eerily quiet today on the first day of new rail strikes. Commuters and other travelers face further disruption over the next three days on rail, metro and bus services. More than 45,000 rail workers are on strike today, led by the National Union of Rail, Shipping and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Personal Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Both sides were speaking about the latest strike on BBC radio 4’s Today program this morning. Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, complained slow negotiations, painful negotiations moving all over the place, complete lack of clarity on what it would take to stop the strike, shifts in the goalposts. They are not good and we are desperate to resolve this in a way that is affordable for the country and avoids pain for my colleagues. These are the biggest strikes we’ve seen in maybe 30 years on the rail and that’s because the employers, myself and the rail operators, backed by the government say the economic crisis that has been precipitated by Covid requires us to modernise. Also on the radio, speaking from the Euston station, Luke Chester, organizing director at the TSSA in London, said the dispute was about pay, job security and working conditions. In the majority of cases, TSSA members have not taken action for a very long time. It’s not something we take lightly, it’s something we take seriously. What we need to resolve this dispute is a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living that affects most people in this country very seriously, we need job security…and we demand guarantees from employers that contracts are not going to destroy people of labour, that they are not going to change working conditions in the way we have seen for example at P&O. He said…
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Leeds: The UK could be brought to a standstill by the wave of strikes
Leeds warned that Britain could be brought to a standstill by a wave of strikes affecting “every sector of the economy”. The RMT general secretary stopped short of predicting a general strike, saying: It is not in my power, it is up to the TUC. But he added: What you will get is a wave of solidarity action, general strike, synchronized action. And you will see it in every sector of the economy, in education, in health, in wider parts of the transport system, in all sectors, in the private sector as well. People are fed up with the way they’ve been treated. The British worker is basically underpaid and not given dignity or respect in the workplace. We need to change that so we get a square deal for everyone in Britain – and that’s what the unions are determined to do.
RMT boss warns rail row could go on ‘indefinitely’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has warned that the rail dispute could continue “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel misery for passengers. He called on the government to end its refusal to engage in talks on pay, jobs and conditions as he joined a picket line outside Euston station in London. Only around one in five trains are running across the country due to the walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. Lynch wrote to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, saying: Your government has taken the decision to use taxpayers’ money to bail out private train companies from liability for revenue lost due to industrial action, provided the same companies comply with government directives to withhold their wages, cut thousands of safety-critical jobs, introduce driver-only trains and close ticket offices across the network. Lynch said the union had estimated that, including previous and upcoming industrial action, more than £120m of taxpayers’ money had been used to “bail out” private rail companies to date. He told the PA news agency: The use of taxpayers’ money to satisfy the Tory party’s anti-union agenda and attempt to break the unions is disgraceful and means the row will drag on indefinitely as the train companies do not lose a penny as a result of industrial action and as a result therefore they have no incentive to resolve disputes. Rather than waging an ideological war against rail workers, millions of voters would rather the government allow a fair negotiated settlement. A spokesman for the Department of Transport said: Once again, for the sixth time since June, union leaders are choosing to cause misery and disrupt the daily lives of millions of people rather than work with industry to agree a deal that will bring our railways into the 21st century. It is clear that strikes are not the powerful tool they once were and union leaders are no longer able to bring the country to a standstill as, unlike them, the world has changed and people are simply working from home. All these strikes do is hurt those people who claim to represent the unions, many of whom will be out of pocket again and forced to miss a day of work. We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs. It’s time to get off the tracks and back to the negotiating table – the future of our railways depends on it. Updated at 08.57 BST Train passengers are in fresh misery today as rail workers strike again over pay and conditions. Chris Page, chairman of Rail Future: “People who have a good experience traveling by car today won’t come back, which means fewer rail jobs.” JuliaHB1 | @Railfuture pic.twitter.com/7Ja8D5rn3W — TalkTV (@TalkTV) August 18, 2022 The industrial action will cause four days of disruption to services, with one union warning it will “not back down” until its demands are met https://t.co/OsvW7QuKT2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 18, 2022 Andy Lord, TfL’s chief executive, apologized to customers for the disruption. I would like to apologize to our customers for the strike action being taken by the RMT and Unite, which will have a significant impact on the city’s transport network. I understand how frustrating these strikes are and would like to remind RMT and Unite that it is not too late to work with us, Arriva Rail London and RATP to find a solution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause in people’s travel and the economy. Customers should check before traveling from 18 to 21 August as the strike affects different modes of transport each day. For the 19th of August, we urge our customers to avoid traveling on the metro and only travel if necessary on the rest of the network. We expect little to no service on the Tube until 08:00 on Saturday 20 August and alternative modes of travel are likely to be busy. Please consider walking and cycling if you wish to travel. Transport for London reminded customers to “only travel if necessary” ahead of Tube, train and bus strikes on Friday and National Rail strikes today and Saturday.
Tube, train and bus strikes will affect most of TfL’s network on Friday 19 August. Customers are advised to avoid traveling on the Tube and only travel on the rest of the TfL network if necessary Strike action by Unite is taking place on some London bus routes in West and South West London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. Customers are encouraged to avoid traveling on affected routes (more details on the TfL website) The RMT is also hitting national rail lines on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August, which will affect some London Underground, London Underground and Elizabeth Line services. Customers using national rail services are advised to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary The strike disruption will continue into the following morning, so customers should check before travelling
RMT’s Lynch fears no solution possible due to ‘political interference’
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport (RMT) union, said he feared a solution could not be found because of “political interference” as rail workers stage another strike. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain from Euston station, he said the union was working with Network Rail and the train operators but “the gap between us is still there”. We have to find a way to bridge this, but I’m afraid because of the political interference going on with public transport and the Treasury, we can’t do it. We also have a dispute tomorrow with the London Underground – which is more of the same that rail funding has been cut and that means an attack on rail across the land and I think a lot of workers are suffering from that at the moment. They are not getting a square deal but we will continue to work with the companies to reach a negotiated settlement and once we are able to do that we will give it to our members and hopefully we can get the railway back on track providing services to those public needs . We will resolve these problems but what we need is the administration to have the ability to negotiate and I think that has partly been caught up in the Tory leadership election or the selection process that they are going through and I think these candidates have both done a right turn in this country, it is very difficult to find the ability to create a settlement. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport Union (RMT) at the breach line outside London’s Euston railway station. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Introduction: Only 20% of UK rail services running as 45,000 rail workers strike
Good morning and welcome to our live, rolling coverage of business, the economy and financial markets. Many train platforms will be eerily quiet today on the first day of new rail strikes. Commuters and other travelers face further disruption over the next three days on rail, metro and bus services. More than 45,000 rail workers are on strike today, led by the National Union of Rail, Shipping and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Personal Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Both sides were speaking about the latest strike on BBC radio 4’s Today program this morning. Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, complained slow negotiations, painful negotiations moving all over the place, complete lack of clarity on what it would take to stop the strike, shifts in the goalposts. They are not good and we are desperate to resolve this in a way that is affordable for the country and avoids pain for my colleagues. These are the biggest strikes we’ve seen in maybe 30 years on the rail and that’s because the employers, myself and the rail operators, backed by the government say the economic crisis that has been precipitated by Covid requires us to modernise. Also on the radio, speaking from the Euston station, Luke Chester, organizing director at the TSSA in London, said the dispute was about pay, job security and working conditions. In the majority of cases, TSSA members have not taken action for a very long time. It’s not something we take lightly, it’s something we take seriously. What we need to resolve this dispute is a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living that affects most people in this country very seriously, we need job security…and we demand guarantees from employers that contracts are not going to destroy people of labour, that they are not going to change working conditions in the way we have seen for example at P&O. He said…
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Leeds: The UK could be brought to a standstill by the wave of strikes
Leeds warned that Britain could be brought to a standstill by a wave of strikes affecting “every sector of the economy”. The RMT general secretary stopped short of predicting a general strike, saying: It is not in my power, it is up to the TUC. But he added: What you will get is a wave of solidarity action, general strike, synchronized action. And you will see it in every sector of the economy, in education, in health, in wider parts of the transport system, in all sectors, in the private sector as well. People are fed up with the way they’ve been treated. The British worker is basically underpaid and not given dignity or respect in the workplace. We need to change that so we get a square deal for everyone in Britain – and that’s what the unions are determined to do.
RMT boss warns rail row could go on ‘indefinitely’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has warned that the rail dispute could continue “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel misery for passengers. He called on the government to end its refusal to engage in talks on pay, jobs and conditions as he joined a picket line outside Euston station in London. Only around one in five trains are running across the country due to the walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. Lynch wrote to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, saying: Your government has taken the decision to use taxpayers’ money to bail out private train companies from liability for revenue lost due to industrial action, provided the same companies comply with government directives to withhold their wages, cut thousands of safety-critical jobs, introduce driver-only trains and close ticket offices across the network. Lynch said the union had estimated that, including previous and upcoming industrial action, more than £120m of taxpayers’ money had been used to “bail out” private rail companies to date. He told the PA news agency: The use of taxpayers’ money to satisfy the Tory party’s anti-union agenda and attempt to break the unions is disgraceful and means the row will drag on indefinitely as the train companies do not lose a penny as a result of industrial action and as a result therefore they have no incentive to resolve disputes. Rather than waging an ideological war against rail workers, millions of voters would rather the government allow a fair negotiated settlement. A spokesman for the Department of Transport said: Once again, for the sixth time since June, union leaders are choosing to cause misery and disrupt the daily lives of millions of people rather than work with industry to agree a deal that will bring our railways into the 21st century. It is clear that strikes are not the powerful tool they once were and union leaders are no longer able to bring the country to a standstill as, unlike them, the world has changed and people are simply working from home. All these strikes do is hurt those people who claim to represent the unions, many of whom will be out of pocket again and forced to miss a day of work. We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs. It’s time to get off the tracks and back to the negotiating table – the future of our railways depends on it. Updated at 08.57 BST Train passengers are in fresh misery today as rail workers strike again over pay and conditions. Chris Page, chairman of Rail Future: “People who have a good experience traveling by car today won’t come back, which means fewer rail jobs.” JuliaHB1 | @Railfuture pic.twitter.com/7Ja8D5rn3W — TalkTV (@TalkTV) August 18, 2022 The industrial action will cause four days of disruption to services, with one union warning it will “not back down” until its demands are met https://t.co/OsvW7QuKT2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 18, 2022 Andy Lord, TfL’s chief executive, apologized to customers for the disruption. I would like to apologize to our customers for the strike action being taken by the RMT and Unite, which will have a significant impact on the city’s transport network. I understand how frustrating these strikes are and would like to remind RMT and Unite that it is not too late to work with us, Arriva Rail London and RATP to find a solution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause in people’s travel and the economy. Customers should check before traveling from 18 to 21 August as the strike affects different modes of transport each day. For the 19th of August, we urge our customers to avoid traveling on the metro and only travel if necessary on the rest of the network. We expect little to no service on the Tube until 08:00 on Saturday 20 August and alternative modes of travel are likely to be busy. Please consider walking and cycling if you wish to travel. Transport for London reminded customers to “only travel if necessary” ahead of Tube, train and bus strikes on Friday and National Rail strikes today and Saturday.
Tube, train and bus strikes will affect most of TfL’s network on Friday 19 August. Customers are advised to avoid traveling on the Tube and only travel on the rest of the TfL network if necessary Strike action by Unite is taking place on some London bus routes in West and South West London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. Customers are encouraged to avoid traveling on affected routes (more details on the TfL website) The RMT is also hitting national rail lines on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August, which will affect some London Underground, London Underground and Elizabeth Line services. Customers using national rail services are advised to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary The strike disruption will continue into the following morning, so customers should check before travelling
RMT’s Lynch fears no solution possible due to ‘political interference’
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport (RMT) union, said he feared a solution could not be found because of “political interference” as rail workers stage another strike. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain from Euston station, he said the union was working with Network Rail and the train operators but “the gap between us is still there”. We have to find a way to bridge this, but I’m afraid because of the political interference going on with public transport and the Treasury, we can’t do it. We also have a dispute tomorrow with the London Underground – which is more of the same that rail funding has been cut and that means an attack on rail across the land and I think a lot of workers are suffering from that at the moment. They are not getting a square deal but we will continue to work with the companies to reach a negotiated settlement and once we are able to do that we will give it to our members and hopefully we can get the railway back on track providing services to those public needs . We will resolve these problems but what we need is the administration to have the ability to negotiate and I think that has partly been caught up in the Tory leadership election or the selection process that they are going through and I think these candidates have both done a right turn in this country, it is very difficult to find the ability to create a settlement. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport Union (RMT) at the breach line outside London’s Euston railway station. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Introduction: Only 20% of UK rail services running as 45,000 rail workers strike
Good morning and welcome to our live, rolling coverage of business, the economy and financial markets. Many train platforms will be eerily quiet today on the first day of new rail strikes. Commuters and other travelers face further disruption over the next three days on rail, metro and bus services. More than 45,000 rail workers are on strike today, led by the National Union of Rail, Shipping and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Personal Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Both sides were speaking about the latest strike on BBC radio 4’s Today program this morning. Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, complained slow negotiations, painful negotiations moving all over the place, complete lack of clarity on what it would take to stop the strike, shifts in the goalposts. They are not good and we are desperate to resolve this in a way that is affordable for the country and avoids pain for my colleagues. These are the biggest strikes we’ve seen in maybe 30 years on the rail and that’s because the employers, myself and the rail operators, backed by the government say the economic crisis that has been precipitated by Covid requires us to modernise. Also on the radio, speaking from the Euston station, Luke Chester, organizing director at the TSSA in London, said the dispute was about pay, job security and working conditions. In the majority of cases, TSSA members have not taken action for a very long time. It’s not something we take lightly, it’s something we take seriously. What we need to resolve this dispute is a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living that affects most people in this country very seriously, we need job security…and we demand guarantees from employers that contracts are not going to destroy people of labour, that they are not going to change working conditions in the way we have seen for example at P&O. He said…
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Leeds: The UK could be brought to a standstill by the wave of strikes
Leeds warned that Britain could be brought to a standstill by a wave of strikes affecting “every sector of the economy”. The RMT general secretary stopped short of predicting a general strike, saying: It is not in my power, it is up to the TUC. But he added: What you will get is a wave of solidarity action, general strike, synchronized action. And you will see it in every sector of the economy, in education, in health, in wider parts of the transport system, in all sectors, in the private sector as well. People are fed up with the way they’ve been treated. The British worker is basically underpaid and not given dignity or respect in the workplace. We need to change that so we get a square deal for everyone in Britain – and that’s what the unions are determined to do.
RMT boss warns rail row could go on ‘indefinitely’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has warned that the rail dispute could continue “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel misery for passengers. He called on the government to end its refusal to engage in talks on pay, jobs and conditions as he joined a picket line outside Euston station in London. Only around one in five trains are running across the country due to the walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. Lynch wrote to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, saying: Your government has taken the decision to use taxpayers’ money to bail out private train companies from liability for revenue lost due to industrial action, provided the same companies comply with government directives to withhold their wages, cut thousands of safety-critical jobs, introduce driver-only trains and close ticket offices across the network. Lynch said the union had estimated that, including previous and upcoming industrial action, more than £120m of taxpayers’ money had been used to “bail out” private rail companies to date. He told the PA news agency: The use of taxpayers’ money to satisfy the Tory party’s anti-union agenda and attempt to break the unions is disgraceful and means the row will drag on indefinitely as the train companies do not lose a penny as a result of industrial action and as a result therefore they have no incentive to resolve disputes. Rather than waging an ideological war against rail workers, millions of voters would rather the government allow a fair negotiated settlement. A spokesman for the Department of Transport said: Once again, for the sixth time since June, union leaders are choosing to cause misery and disrupt the daily lives of millions of people rather than work with industry to agree a deal that will bring our railways into the 21st century. It is clear that strikes are not the powerful tool they once were and union leaders are no longer able to bring the country to a standstill as, unlike them, the world has changed and people are simply working from home. All these strikes do is hurt those people who claim to represent the unions, many of whom will be out of pocket again and forced to miss a day of work. We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs. It’s time to get off the tracks and back to the negotiating table – the future of our railways depends on it. Updated at 08.57 BST Train passengers are in fresh misery today as rail workers strike again over pay and conditions. Chris Page, chairman of Rail Future: “People who have a good experience traveling by car today won’t come back, which means fewer rail jobs.” JuliaHB1 | @Railfuture pic.twitter.com/7Ja8D5rn3W — TalkTV (@TalkTV) August 18, 2022 The industrial action will cause four days of disruption to services, with one union warning it will “not back down” until its demands are met https://t.co/OsvW7QuKT2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 18, 2022 Andy Lord, TfL’s chief executive, apologized to customers for the disruption. I would like to apologize to our customers for the strike action being taken by the RMT and Unite, which will have a significant impact on the city’s transport network. I understand how frustrating these strikes are and would like to remind RMT and Unite that it is not too late to work with us, Arriva Rail London and RATP to find a solution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause in people’s travel and the economy. Customers should check before traveling from 18 to 21 August as the strike affects different modes of transport each day. For the 19th of August, we urge our customers to avoid traveling on the metro and only travel if necessary on the rest of the network. We expect little to no service on the Tube until 08:00 on Saturday 20 August and alternative modes of travel are likely to be busy. Please consider walking and cycling if you wish to travel. Transport for London reminded customers to “only travel if necessary” ahead of Tube, train and bus strikes on Friday and National Rail strikes today and Saturday.
Tube, train and bus strikes will affect most of TfL’s network on Friday 19 August. Customers are advised to avoid traveling on the Tube and only travel on the rest of the TfL network if necessary Strike action by Unite is taking place on some London bus routes in West and South West London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. Customers are encouraged to avoid traveling on affected routes (more details on the TfL website) The RMT is also hitting national rail lines on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August, which will affect some London Underground, London Underground and Elizabeth Line services. Customers using national rail services are advised to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary The strike disruption will continue into the following morning, so customers should check before travelling
RMT’s Lynch fears no solution possible due to ‘political interference’
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport (RMT) union, said he feared a solution could not be found because of “political interference” as rail workers stage another strike. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain from Euston station, he said the union was working with Network Rail and the train operators but “the gap between us is still there”. We have to find a way to bridge this, but I’m afraid because of the political interference going on with public transport and the Treasury, we can’t do it. We also have a dispute tomorrow with the London Underground – which is more of the same that rail funding has been cut and that means an attack on rail across the land and I think a lot of workers are suffering from that at the moment. They are not getting a square deal but we will continue to work with the companies to reach a negotiated settlement and once we are able to do that we will give it to our members and hopefully we can get the railway back on track providing services to those public needs . We will resolve these problems but what we need is the administration to have the ability to negotiate and I think that has partly been caught up in the Tory leadership election or the selection process that they are going through and I think these candidates have both done a right turn in this country, it is very difficult to find the ability to create a settlement. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport Union (RMT) at the breach line outside London’s Euston railway station. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Introduction: Only 20% of UK rail services running as 45,000 rail workers strike
Good morning and welcome to our live, rolling coverage of business, the economy and financial markets. Many train platforms will be eerily quiet today on the first day of new rail strikes. Commuters and other travelers face further disruption over the next three days on rail, metro and bus services. More than 45,000 rail workers are on strike today, led by the National Union of Rail, Shipping and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Personal Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Both sides were speaking about the latest strike on BBC radio 4’s Today program this morning. Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, complained slow negotiations, painful negotiations moving all over the place, complete lack of clarity on what it would take to stop the strike, shifts in the goalposts. They are not good and we are desperate to resolve this in a way that is affordable for the country and avoids pain for my colleagues. These are the biggest strikes we’ve seen in maybe 30 years on the rail and that’s because the employers, myself and the rail operators, backed by the government say the economic crisis that has been precipitated by Covid requires us to modernise. Also on the radio, speaking from the Euston station, Luke Chester, organizing director at the TSSA in London, said the dispute was about pay, job security and working conditions. In the majority of cases, TSSA members have not taken action for a very long time. It’s not something we take lightly, it’s something we take seriously. What we need to resolve this dispute is a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living that affects most people in this country very seriously, we need job security…and we demand guarantees from employers that contracts are not going to destroy people of labour, that they are not going to change working conditions in the way we have seen for example at P&O. He said…
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Leeds: The UK could be brought to a standstill by the wave of strikes
Leeds warned that Britain could be brought to a standstill by a wave of strikes affecting “every sector of the economy”. The RMT general secretary stopped short of predicting a general strike, saying: It is not in my power, it is up to the TUC. But he added: What you will get is a wave of solidarity action, general strike, synchronized action. And you will see it in every sector of the economy, in education, in health, in wider parts of the transport system, in all sectors, in the private sector as well. People are fed up with the way they’ve been treated. The British worker is basically underpaid and not given dignity or respect in the workplace. We need to change that so we get a square deal for everyone in Britain – and that’s what the unions are determined to do.
RMT boss warns rail row could go on ‘indefinitely’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has warned that the rail dispute could continue “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel misery for passengers. He called on the government to end its refusal to engage in talks on pay, jobs and conditions as he joined a picket line outside Euston station in London. Only around one in five trains are running across the country due to the walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions. Lynch wrote to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, saying: Your government has taken the decision to use taxpayers’ money to bail out private train companies from liability for revenue lost due to industrial action, provided the same companies comply with government directives to withhold their wages, cut thousands of safety-critical jobs, introduce driver-only trains and close ticket offices across the network. Lynch said the union had estimated that, including previous and upcoming industrial action, more than £120m of taxpayers’ money had been used to “bail out” private rail companies to date. He told the PA news agency: The use of taxpayers’ money to satisfy the Tory party’s anti-union agenda and attempt to break the unions is disgraceful and means the row will drag on indefinitely as the train companies do not lose a penny as a result of industrial action and as a result therefore they have no incentive to resolve disputes. Rather than waging an ideological war against rail workers, millions of voters would rather the government allow a fair negotiated settlement. A spokesman for the Department of Transport said: Once again, for the sixth time since June, union leaders are choosing to cause misery and disrupt the daily lives of millions of people rather than work with industry to agree a deal that will bring our railways into the 21st century. It is clear that strikes are not the powerful tool they once were and union leaders are no longer able to bring the country to a standstill as, unlike them, the world has changed and people are simply working from home. All these strikes do is hurt those people who claim to represent the unions, many of whom will be out of pocket again and forced to miss a day of work. We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs. It’s time to get off the tracks and back to the negotiating table – the future of our railways depends on it. Updated at 08.57 BST Train passengers are in fresh misery today as rail workers strike again over pay and conditions. Chris Page, chairman of Rail Future: “People who have a good experience traveling by car today won’t come back, which means fewer rail jobs.” JuliaHB1 | @Railfuture pic.twitter.com/7Ja8D5rn3W — TalkTV (@TalkTV) August 18, 2022 The industrial action will cause four days of disruption to services, with one union warning it will “not back down” until its demands are met https://t.co/OsvW7QuKT2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 18, 2022 Andy Lord, TfL’s chief executive, apologized to customers for the disruption. I would like to apologize to our customers for the strike action being taken by the RMT and Unite, which will have a significant impact on the city’s transport network. I understand how frustrating these strikes are and would like to remind RMT and Unite that it is not too late to work with us, Arriva Rail London and RATP to find a solution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause in people’s travel and the economy. Customers should check before traveling from 18 to 21 August as the strike affects different modes of transport each day. For the 19th of August, we urge our customers to avoid traveling on the metro and only travel if necessary on the rest of the network. We expect little to no service on the Tube until 08:00 on Saturday 20 August and alternative modes of travel are likely to be busy. Please consider walking and cycling if you wish to travel. Transport for London reminded customers to “only travel if necessary” ahead of Tube, train and bus strikes on Friday and National Rail strikes today and Saturday.
Tube, train and bus strikes will affect most of TfL’s network on Friday 19 August. Customers are advised to avoid traveling on the Tube and only travel on the rest of the TfL network if necessary Strike action by Unite is taking place on some London bus routes in West and South West London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. Customers are encouraged to avoid traveling on affected routes (more details on the TfL website) The RMT is also hitting national rail lines on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August, which will affect some London Underground, London Underground and Elizabeth Line services. Customers using national rail services are advised to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary The strike disruption will continue into the following morning, so customers should check before travelling
RMT’s Lynch fears no solution possible due to ‘political interference’
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport (RMT) union, said he feared a solution could not be found because of “political interference” as rail workers stage another strike. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain from Euston station, he said the union was working with Network Rail and the train operators but “the gap between us is still there”. We have to find a way to bridge this, but I’m afraid because of the political interference going on with public transport and the Treasury, we can’t do it. We also have a dispute tomorrow with the London Underground – which is more of the same that rail funding has been cut and that means an attack on rail across the land and I think a lot of workers are suffering from that at the moment. They are not getting a square deal but we will continue to work with the companies to reach a negotiated settlement and once we are able to do that we will give it to our members and hopefully we can get the railway back on track providing services to those public needs . We will resolve these problems but what we need is the administration to have the ability to negotiate and I think that has partly been caught up in the Tory leadership election or the selection process that they are going through and I think these candidates have both done a right turn in this country, it is very difficult to find the ability to create a settlement. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Shipping and Transport Union (RMT) at the breach line outside London’s Euston railway station. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Introduction: Only 20% of UK rail services running as 45,000 rail workers strike
Good morning and welcome to our live, rolling coverage of business, the economy and financial markets. Many train platforms will be eerily quiet today on the first day of new rail strikes. Commuters and other travelers face further disruption over the next three days on rail, metro and bus services. More than 45,000 rail workers are on strike today, led by the National Union of Rail, Shipping and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Personal Transport Salaried Union (TSSA), in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Both sides were speaking about the latest strike on BBC radio 4’s Today program this morning. Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, complained slow negotiations, painful negotiations moving all over the place, complete lack of clarity on what it would take to stop the strike, shifts in the goalposts. They are not good and we are desperate to resolve this in a way that is affordable for the country and avoids pain for my colleagues. These are the biggest strikes we’ve seen in maybe 30 years on the rail and that’s because the employers, myself and the rail operators, backed by the government say the economic crisis that has been precipitated by Covid requires us to modernise. Also on the radio, speaking from the Euston station, Luke Chester, organizing director at the TSSA in London, said the dispute was about pay, job security and working conditions. In the majority of cases, TSSA members have not taken action for a very long time. It’s not something we take lightly, it’s something we take seriously. What we need to resolve this dispute is a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living that affects most people in this country very seriously, we need job security…and we demand guarantees from employers that contracts are not going to destroy people of labour, that they are not going to change working conditions in the way we have seen for example at P&O. He said…
