Britain’s strikes overview
Britain is in a week of rare calm in a summer of Industrial stormy weather. That however, is all about to change. With another heatwave on the way this week, industrial relations are about to...Read more
Surprise political casualty as new British rail strike announced
The state of industrial dispute that currently grips the British rail network has claimed a high-profile political casualty. Surprisingly – shockingly for some – the socialist opposition Labour Party sacked their shadow transport secretary Sam...Read more
British weather cools down but strike climate heats up once again
Britain faces a fresh wave of strikes across the rail network, starting this Wednesday with an all-out stoppage by the biggest union in the sector, the RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport). Then, just when you...Read more
Starting gun fired on new British rail strikes
Talks between unions and rail bosses in Britain have broken down without agreement. The RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport Union) has called for a fresh strike on Wednesday, 27 July. The formal notice was given...Read more
UK Strike: end of the beginning
Saturday, June 25 was the third and last of the one-day strikes called by the trades union RMT. After a huge ballot mandate, the union called out members from most passenger train operating companies in...Read more
UK Strike Day One: Almost all out, almost all stop
Solidarity with the strike on the UK railway network has been very high on day one. The members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport trades union (RMT) have been picketing depots, signalling centres and stations...Read more
Rail strike: Britain hopes for best … expects the worst
Barring a spectacular breakthrough, or a humiliating climbdown, Britain on Tuesday will be plunged into the biggest rail strike for a generation, with the prospect of worse to come. The trades union RMT is exercising...Read moreUK rail union announces nationwide strike later this month
The rail union RMT will stage strike action throughout the UK on June 21, 23 and 25. Up to 50,000 railway workers are expected to join the walkouts, and railway services will be affected throughout...Read more
Storm clouds gather over UK rail strike
The executive of the trades union RMT is scheduled to meet later today (Tuesday 7 June) with the country braced to expect the announcement of strike action later in the month. After an overwhelming vote...Read more
London Underground strike off: doors open to avoiding national action?
A potentially damaging strike on London’s Underground, scheduled for Friday 3 June, has been called off. Negotiations between the staff of union RMT and management company London Underground Limited (LUL) have reached an agreement over...Read more
Britain mulls prioritising freight train over passenger services
A ballot for strike action will see the UK government prioritise the movement of freight trains in a way not seen since the general mobilisation at the outbreak the First World War. The stark warning...Read more
ScotRail could cancel a third of services say unions
ScotRail may be about to radically reduce its service level in response to ongoing industrial disputes that has left it desperate for drivers and unable to fulfil its full programme of operations. Around thirty percent...Read moreUK union warns for ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’
The UK may be on the verge of what trade union RMT calls the biggest rail strike in modern British history. The union plans to ballot its members in the railway sector, asking to back...Read more