'This is the chickens coming home to roost for 10 years of bad govt policy on pay.' AlexNorrisNN says it is 'entirely reasonable' that rail workers are demanding pay increases ahead of proposed strikes later this month. Latest: 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
The majority of the strike action will take place over a nine-day period at the end of June.
TSSA has served notice to ballot hundreds of staff at Avanti West Coast in a dispute over pay, conditions and job security. "Make no mistake, we are preparing for all options, including coordinated strike action. And if our members go out on strike in Avanti, the trains will stop running." "We are on your side in cutting the costs of transport, not just with the fantastic investments that we are making," Boris Johnson said.
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