Fresh travel chaos expected on roads and rail as train and National Highways staff walk out 🔴 An estimated 40,000 rail workers have walked out for the second time this week
that an estimated 40,000 rail workers are walking off the job as part of a long-running dispute between Network Rail, the Rail Delivery Group and the Rail Maritime and Transport Union – the UK’s biggest rail union – over pay and working conditions for staff.Network Rail has warned commuters to only travel if “absolutely necessary” on strike days due to significantly reduced services. The strike hits train services throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
Meanwhile, members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association yesterday accepted a deal with Network Rail for a nine per cent pay rise over two years – as well as no compulsory redundancies until 2025. “We urge the RMT to back this deal and call off their strikes – ending a dispute which not only damages the rail industry and our economy, but also ruins festive plans for hard-working people after two years of virtual celebrations.”It’s not just rail passengers
National Highways traffic officers in the Public and Commercial Services Union working in north-west England, north-east England, and Yorkshire and the Humber will stop work for 48 hours.
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