British rail workers begin new year with week long strike

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jimintoronto

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I already wrote a list of strikers ..here on the forum last week.. the train drivers have been striking all through this month and last... the Postal workers have been on strike all over Christmas so people didn't get cards or gifts..

Road workers were on strike....many more.. and included Amazon workers who are striking later this month.. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
I'm curious, regarding pay during strikes in the UK. Do they later get it retroactive or are out of luck?
 

Disgustedman said:
I'm curious, regarding pay during strikes in the UK. Do they later get it retroactive or are out of luck?
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I think it should be obvious if you don't go to work, you don't get paid. Here in Canada such a national strike by an essential service like the railways would be met with immediate Federal Government back to work legislation, with daily fines to individual union members of $4000 .00 per day, and a million dollars a day to the union executives., per day. JimB In Toronto.
 
The head of Britain’s largest rail union warned train strikes could go on for months on Tuesday as a fresh 48-hour walkout caused misery for commuters.
Mick Lynch said the RMT had a mandate to take action up until May, but warned: “If we have to go further, that’s what we’ll need to do.”

However Network Rail’s chief negotiator said that a deal to stop rail strikes is in “touching distance”.


Rail passengers suffered fresh travel disruption with 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 14 train operators staging a 48-hour walkout, with another to follow on Friday, while drivers in the Aslef union will strike on Thursday.


Picket lines were again mounted outside railway stations across the country in a repeat of what became a familiar sight last year.

Passengers, including those returning to work after the festive break, are being warned to expect “significant disruption” as only a limited number of trains will run.

The advice is to only travel if absolutely necessary, allow extra time and check when first and last trains will depart.

On RMT strike days, around half of the network will shut down, with only about 20% of normal services running.

Trains that do run will start later and finish much earlier than usual - with services typically running between 7.30am and 6.30pm on the day of the strike.

Mick Lynch holds this country to ransom.. he himself earns in excess of £730,000 per year..

I absolutely agree with you @jimintoronto ..the government should step in immediately ..
 
Nemo2 said:
Of course, if the natives block the train lines it's a whole 'nother story. :LOL:
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Yes you are right. They are not union members. I think that CSIS and the RCMP may have some new ways to deal with that problem, under the Terrorist Act regulations. JImB.
 
jimintoronto said:
Yes you are right. They are not union members. I think that CSIS and the RCMP may have some new ways to deal with that problem, under the Terrorist Act regulations. JImB.
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We are not far from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory............the last extended blockage all we saw were OPP vehicles sitting, and sitting, and......now, if they were truckers... :oops:
 
www.britrail.com

https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/British-Rail/reviews

https://caunceohara.co.uk/risks-of-the-modern-railroad-for-rail-workers/

www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/uk-rail-workers-protest-maintenance-staff-cuts-warning-about-safety-risks-for-passengers-as-a-result-of-cuts/

https://birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/issues-facing-uk-rail-industry-not-new

www.opendemocracy.net/train-strike-rail-workers-safety-incidents/

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/health-and-safety/rail-safety/

www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/15/vete-s15.html

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6392041.stm

www.gov.uk/raib-reports?report_type%5B%5D=investigation-report

www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/2003/jul/07/transport.selby

https://railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Lad_Cullen001.pdf

https://railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Lad_Cullen002.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southall_rail_crash

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom





 
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Nemo2 said:
Of course, if the natives block the train lines it's a whole 'nother story. :LOL:
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Better still, the Victoria, Jubilee, Central, Northern, District, Circle, Hammersmith and City, & Metropolitan .London underground lines are all automated, no driver is needed. How long before the technology is used on the main line?
 

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