Railway workers will go on strike for three days in late June, to the extent that it is likely to stop much of the national rail network for a week.
The Railway, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has told its members to prepare for the strikes on June 21, 23 and 25, after a vote of 40,000 members last month, Network Rail staff and 14 train companies voted overwhelmingly in favor of large-scale industry. action.
London union members will prepare for a new tube strike on June 21, in a coordinated move designed to prevent possible job cuts at Transport for London and the national rail network.
The planned strikes, which will start on Tuesday and last until Saturday, cover the busiest days of the week since the pandemic. Two by-election weeks will take place and travel to major events, including the Glastonbury Festival, will be interrupted.
Neither Network Rail nor train operators have yet threatened mandatory redundancies, but they have been told to find between £ 1bn and £ 2bn in annual savings, with a number of passengers still significantly below pre-Covid levels. .
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