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 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
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
Scottish rail strike during climate conference called off
Strike action that threatened to cripple train services in Scotland during the UN Climate Conference has been called off after the RMT union agreed on a deal with ScotRail. This was announced on Wednesday evening...Read more
Rail strike in Scotland threatens to disrupt UN climate conference
Scotland’s transport minister says he is not optimistic about averting a mass strike by rail staff during the UN Climate Conference. Union RMT has said the strike will continue earlier this week. The climate conference...Read more
Spanish rail strikes cost Renfe at least 1.5 million
Spanish railway workers, mostly train drivers, have striked on 5 days from September 30th. Union SEMAF called the strike, partly joined by union Sindicato Ferroviario, but Renfe and SEMAF reached an agreement to call off...Read more
Deutsche Bahn settles conflict with union GDL
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) have agreed on a collective agreement. After multiple strikes, this settles the collective bargaining conflict with the union. DB will give employees two corona...Read more
Deutsche Bahn extends offer to train drivers’ union GDL
In an attempt to avoid new strikes, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has offered the drivers’ union GDL a new, improved proposal. According to head of human resources Martin Seiler, a workable offer is on the table.Read more
NS International and Thalys staff threaten to strike
NS International and Thalys staff are threatening to go on strike if NS does not present a better offer to improve the employment conditions of conductors soon. A final offer that included a promise of...Read more