The railroads will again stop on Wednesday during the workers’ strike over wages, job security and working conditions.
latest says to prevent action failed last week, month from three days of Industrial Activity in June. Strikes include more over 40,000 Network Rail employees, 14 rail companies and members of Rail, sea and transport union (RMT).
Transport for Outages will affect London services as they use sections of a track under the jurisdiction of Network Rail. There will be also be the participants stop of Transportation Employees Association (TSSA), who work for Avanti West Coast.
“Network Rail is not made Any improvement on their previous payment offer and the railway companies did not offer us anything new”, – said RMT. general secretary, Mick Lynch. ” government need stop their interference in this dispute so that the railway employers can reach an agreement through negotiations with us”.
Today’s strike followed union leaders rejected ‘insignificant’ offer of 4% payment rise for remainder of 2022 from Network Rail and possible four% next year if the workers are accepted changes in working conditions.
The strike is facing with school summer holidays, and Network Rail and government say it could affect the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which start on Thursday.
Following the strike, an announcementNetwork Rail blamed union of walked away from negotiations and said that the action could have been avoided. “Now in abundance clear that their political campaign has priority over represent the interests of its members,” said Tim Schoveller, head of Network Rail. lead negotiator.
conservative government is also moving forward with controversial plans to allow companies replace striking employees with agency workers.
latest railroad strikes occur when wider strikes around the world are being considered. public sector as workers demand increase in wages against the backdrop of growth cost of life.
Last week, thousand of Royal Mail workers vote to strike in August. barristers in Earlier this month, England and Wales went on strike for five days and around 40,000 RMT members, including Network Rail signalmen and train crews, will take part in the strike. for two more days on 18 and 20 August.
Conservative leadership hoping for Liz Truss vowed further crackdown on trade trade unions, which have been criticized as “the biggest attack on civil rights” from the 19th century. century.
She said she would take the law of minimum service level on critical national infrastructure in in first 30 days of her premiership, which would restrict teachers, postal workers and the energy sector.
“Truss proposes to make effective trade trade union movement is illegal in Britain and rob the workers people of a key democratic right,” Lynch said. “If these proposals become law, there will be the strongest resistance of the whole trade union anti-general strike movement of 1926 Suffragettes and Chartism.
