UK music festivals hit by an encore of rail strikes
Out on stage for the twenty-fourth time since last summer. The August Bank Holiday (public holiday) in England was put off key by another railway staff strike. On Saturday, approximately 20,000 rail staff trades unionists...Read more
UK shows limited interest in latest wave of strike action
It may have passed almost unnoticed, but Great Britain just came through another round of strike action on the railways. The unions representing the largest majority of railway professionals, RMT and ASLEF, have either walked...Read more
Longest UK rail staff dispute in history persists: new strikes ahead
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, better known throughout Britain as the RMT, has marked the first anniversary of action in their dispute with the rail industry by calling a series of...Read moreBrits seek a sporting chance as strikes enter a second season
It has become a way of life for the weary would-be travellers on Britain’s railways. Despite making the headlines all week, there is a diminishing impact on daily life, as rail strikes are factored in...Read more
British rail strikes have taken a break, but not gone away
The largest union involved in the unresolved dispute on the British railway network has restated tis intent to find resolution for its members. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has said that talks with...Read more
Many UK trains grind to a halt in four days of strike actions
London commuters may be forgiven for feeling it was still full-on dispute mode. Services of the Underground were curtailed by a widespread stoppage yesterday. Today, and on Saturday, it’s the turn of surface railways to...Read more
British union rejects pay offer so rail strikes back on the tracks
Rail union RMT has rejected the latest offers from both Network Rail and the majority of passenger train operating companies in England, some of whom provide services into Scotland and Wales. The Rail Delivery Group,...Read more
UK Strike dissent and division
Could one union be about to strike, while another is about to strike a deal? That is the question that faces negotiating teams on both sides of the long running and increasingly bitter round of...Read more
UK strikes: permission to make an offer
It could be the breakthrough that the British nation has been waiting for. The recently appointed UK Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, has done what none of his short-tenured predecessors have done, and has opened the...Read more
UK strikes: No resolution in sight and RDG chairman says changes in driver training regime required
Steve Montgomery, the chair of the Rail Delivery Group, the employers’ representative body, has commented on changes in the way drivers are trained are needed to make the British railway network more robust and services...Read moreBritish rail industry makes offer in drivers dispute
The Rail Delivery Group, which speaks for the rail industry employers at large, has tabled an offer to the drivers union Aslef, aimed at ending the long-running dispute on Britain’s railways. If accepted, the revised...Read more
Last Christmas Eve trains as early as 8am for strike torn UK
The four-day strike by RMT union members is going to be no festive fun. Travelling to London from Edinburgh on Christmas Eve? It will be an early start from the Scottish capital. Set that alarm,...Read more
UK rail employers make an offer but union rejects end to national dispute
Train operating companies have offered the RMT an outline framework agreement that would deliver reforms that will support funding pay increases of up to eight per cent. The agreement would cover the 2022 and 2023...Read more