UK strike breakthrough – first union agrees terms
The Transport Salaried Staff Association, the smallest of the three main trades unions involved, has agreed terms with railway employers. The move ends their members participation in the long-running national rail dispute. The move is...Read more
UK Strikes outlook stormy with action called for March and April
The long running dispute in the British railway industry has flared up again with the announcement of a fresh round of strikes. The trades union RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport) has announced four days of...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
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 Strikes enter bleak midwinter
After negotiations took a setback at the weekend, trades union members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have voted to turn down an offer tabled by employers. The rejection means a widespread strike...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
UK Rail strikes: reform before reward says new transport minister
Mark Harper, the new transport secretary in the UK government, has said that to break the deadlock with the unions, and solve the long-running industrial dispute, it will require an acceptance of revised working practices....Read more
UK strikes to run up to Christmas and after New Year
Britain is braced for a series of damaging rail strikes, disrupting the run up to Christmas and the return to work in the new year. The largest trades union in the rail industry, the RMT...Read more
UK strikes see light at the end of the tunnel
Friday’s eleventh hour call-off came too late to save the weekend, but commuters exhaled a collective sigh of relief for the week ahead. The cancellation of strike action on Monday and Wednesday avoided a week...Read more
RMT calls off its strikes for 5, 7 and 9 November
Train travellers in the United Kingdom won’t have to brace for the impact of a suspension of services across the network as the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) suspended its strikes...Read more
UK strike dates changed to save Poppy Appeal
The annual Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, which raises money for the ex-service personnel, has been saved by a change of heart from railway unions. The strike planned for Friday 3 November has been rescheduled....Read more