July 28, 2022
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Rail strike brings train services to a crawl

Wednesday’s strike comes after RMT staged a three-day walkout last month, the largest in 30 years…reports Asian Lite News

Some 40,000 railway workers in the United Kingdom have staged a walkout over pay, job security and working conditions as the country battles its worst cost of living crisis in decades.

The nationwide 24-hour strike on Wednesday brought the rail network to a virtual standstill, with only one in five trains running.

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), said strikes were necessary as wages have failed to keep pace with UK inflation, currently at a 40-year high and set to worsen.

“Network Rail have not made any improvement on their previous pay offer and the train companies have not offered us anything new,” Lynch said.

“The government need to stop their interference in this dispute so the rail employers can come to a negotiated settlement with us,” he added.

Wednesday’s strike comes after RMT staged a three-day walkout last month, the largest in 30 years.

The government urged union bosses and train operators to resolve the dispute.

Transport minister Grant Shapps told Sky News that the workers’ “employers are the people who have the mandate to negotiate this”.

Rail services were expected to resume early on Thursday. London Underground trains and buses were running as normal, but Eurostar reduced the number of trains through the Channel Tunnel as a knock-on effect, despite its staff not joining the walkout.

The cost of living crisis presents a major challenge to foreign secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who are vying to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a leadership contest.

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