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Wednesday, 22 June 2022
BBC News
- Rail strike: Disruption to continue as talks to end dispute resumeThe RMT will meet rail bosses in an attempt to resolve the dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
- Rail strike: Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer's picket line pleaA number of MPs show support for train strikes, despite warnings from the Labour leader.
- Network Rail strike: Passengers stay away as nine in 10 trains cancelledNine in 10 trains are cancelled on the first of three days of industrial action by Network Rail staff.
- Train strikes: How did passengers cope with day one?As services ground to a halt, figures suggest commuters turned to bikes, taxis or decided to work from home.
Financial Times
- Britain's northern rail project is running out of steamPromised investments in high-speed links to Manchester and Leeds are being eroded in favour of spending in the south
- Showdown on Britain's railways portends a summer of strifeGovernment should set the principle that each pay deal is treated on merit
- UK rail bosses push for job cuts as strike talks resumeEchoes of lockdown as employees work from home but business leaders warn of painful economic impact
The Guardian
- Johnson and Shapps pretend they can't end the rail strikes. That's nonsense | Ed DaveyThe PM and his transport secretary pose as bystanders while millions of Britons suffer. They could intervene. But they have no will and no plan. Ed Davey is the leader of the Liberal DemocratsThis week has left the country drained after government ministers reverted to divisive political playbooks last seen in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- Keir Starmer’s stance on rail strikes raises questions over strategyAnalysis: Critics fear Labour leader’s tactics are largely about drawing dividing lines within his own partyIn a gritty promotional video for his 2020 Labour leadership bid, Keir Starmer called himself a “proud trade unionist” who had worked with unions “all my life”, including as a legal observer on the picket line in Wapping when Rupert Murdoch took on the print unions.As RMT members prepared to walk out on the first of three days of industrial action this week, however, Starmer made clear not only that he would not be observing this particular industrial dispute at close quarters - but he e...
- Five rail workers on the strike: ‘There is no justification for us to get poorer every year’People employed on Britain’s railways give their views on the industrial action over pay and conditionsTens of thousands of rail workers have joined Britain’s biggest nationwide rail strike in 30 years. Disruption is expected for the rest of the week after 40,000 members of the RMT union voted to strike over pay and conditions. Here, five rail workers share their views on the decision to take industrial action. Continue reading...
- Rail strikes: city centres quieter as people heed advice to avoid travelRMT praises ‘fantastic’ turnout at picket lines but government plays down impact of actionThe first day of the biggest rail strikes in decades gave much of Great Britain a reminder of lockdown, with city centres quieter as millions avoided public transport, worked from home or took to their cars.About 80% of services were axed during the 24-hour strike by 40,000 members of the RMT union, leaving much of northern England, Wales and Scotland without any trains. Of the few trains that ran and stations that remained open, most were quiet as passengers heeded advice to avoid travel. Continue readin...
Times Online
- Unions are on a dangerous track [subscription]f only transport secretary Grant Shapps hadnt been so beastly to that nice Peter Hebblethwaite. Remember him? The P&O Ferries boss who summarily sacked 800 workers over Zoom and replaced them with cheap agency staff. He calculated that if hed tried to negotiate with the RMT union, itd have more likely sunk the ships than cut a deal.
- Strikes will not fix Britains railway problems - Andrew Haines [Subscription]An apology hardly seems enough for the poor service we were able to offer passengers yesterday. Only a fifth of services could run and large swathes of the country were needlessly cut off. As an industry we let our passengers down, and for that I am truly sorry.
- Boris Johnson ready for rail strike stalemate to last months [subscription]Government must win battle with rail unions, prime minister believes
- Railway managers struggle against RMTs Spanish practices [subscription]Rail managers have long complained at what they see as ingrained Spanish practices among staff working on the network that are fiercely protected by the RMT union.
City AM
- Transport for London’s haphazard funding model must now be made fit for the futureSINCE the pandemic wiped out much of Transport for London’s fares income, London’s transport network has faced an existential crisis. The Elizabeth Line’s opening was a rare upbeat moment in a miserable couple of years of uncertainty for the city. The post Transport for London’s haphazard funding model must now be made fit for the future appeared first on CityAM.
- Welcome aboard, this is a driverless train: unions begin their own demiseAs the summer sun makes the UK feel like a Mediterranean resort, we are also about to see the perils of the labour problems that Southern Europe was so often bedeviled by. Trains have ground to a halt, the London Underground has stopped, and buses are stuck in their depots. Millions of pounds will be [...] The post Welcome aboard, this is a driverless train: unions begin their own demise appeared first on CityAM.
The York Press
- National Rail Enquiries fails as strike action cripples servicesA major online train journey planner has stopped working as services are crippled due to the largest rail strike for a generation.
- ‘Our rail workers simply want fair pay’ - York MP Rachael MaskellIn her column for The Press this week, York Labour MP Rachael Maskell claims that the Tories are
Wales Online
- 'Solidarity with the unions' Wales shares support for rail workers on first day of industrial action'Great to see people fighting back'
New Civil Engineer
- Van Elle wins piling contract for Transpennine Route UpgradeVan Elle has been appointed to the piling framework for the West of Leeds section of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
- Appointments for key roles within Great British Railway could be made this autumnGreat British Railways (GBR) could come into operation in early 2024 following inclusion in the Queens Speech at the opening of Parliament in May, Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has revealed.
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