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RMT announces further national rail strikes

Strikes to begin on 16 March after union rejects offers from train operators and Network Rail

The Guardian - UK

Could rail unions strike when Newcastle United play at Wembley in the Carabao Cup Final?

With thousands of Newcastle United fans set to travel down to Wembley next week for the Carabao Cup Final against Manchester United, an impending rail strike could cause huge disruption

Chronicle Live

Train strike misery to continue as minister warns RMT latest rejected deal is government’s ‘final offer’

The transport minister couldn’t rule out the possibility strikes may continue until autumn

Evening Standard

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The Tories have revealed their battle plan for a new kind of class war

The promotion of Lee Anderson reveals a lot about who is and who isn’t considered working class in Britain, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

RMT to ballot members on further rail strike action ‘soon’

Union leader Mick Lynch says offer from Network Rail and train operators would mean real-terms pay cut

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes to continue as RMT union members reject 'dreadful' pay offer

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said members were 'loud and clear' in rejecting an offer from Network Rail and operators aimed at ending the long-running dispute over pay and conditions

Daily Mirror

RMT union rejects latest offers from Network Rail and train operating companies

The RMT said it will now seek further meetings with Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group to try to achieve a negotiated settlement.

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RMT rejects ‘dreadful’ pay offers from Network Rail and train operators

Union boss Mick Lynch says message from members was ‘loud and clear’, as TSSA prepares to put offer to vote

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Government hurried to buy £4.25m farm for music festival due to underspend

An Audit Wales investigation has raised concerns over the Welsh Government's decision to buy Gilestone Farm before seeing a full business plan

Wales Online

Four problems that Britain’s crisis-hit railway must solve to survive

Staff relations are at rock bottom, investment is shrinking and franchising has failed. But even so, passengers are trickling back. Can the network be revived?

The Guardian - UK

Senedd proceedings shelved for the day as 100,000 civil servants strike

The PCS union said it welcomes the solidarity shown by Members of the Senedd who voted to move scheduled parliamentary business to alternative dates

Wales Online

Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

Daily Mirror

Mick Lynch claims government ‘admitted to deliberately prolonging the rail dispute’

‘The interests of businesses, rail workers and passengers have been sacrificed to a wider public sector pay agenda,’ says union boss

The Independent UK

Train station ticket office closures will benefit passengers, claims rail minister

Plan ‘a travesty for disabled and elderly people who want to travel on the rail network,’ says Mick Lynch

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Daily Mirror

Two more RMT train strike dates confirmed as drivers walkout - full list of 14 firms hit

General Secretary of the RMT Mick Lynch said negotiations with the rail operators will continue - but train driver members at 14 rail operators will strike on February 1 and 3 in the long-running dispute

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s delayed Shakespeare book: To be or not to be?

His newly announced memoir threatens another delay

The Guardian - UK

We’ve forgotten that strikes are about winning disputes, not courting public opinion

It’s workers’ ability to maximise disruption that determines industrial power, says journalist Polly Smythe

Evening Standard

RMT boss Mick Lynch savages ‘so-called liberals’ at strikes Bill demo

Sir Keir Starmer needs to avoid being a “vanilla politician in a vanilla suit”, the RMT leader said

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Rishi Sunak faces 'sacking of nurses bill' backlash over 'insulting' anti-strike plan

Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner branded the Government's controversial Strikes (Minimum Services) Bill 'irrational and so insulting' as protesters gathered outside Downing Street during a tense debate

The Independent UK

Driver-only operation: The confusing issue dividing the nation’s railways

Every day, millions of passengers travel on trains where the only member of staff on board is in the driving seat

Daily Mirror

Train strikes breakthrough hope as unions and firms knuckle down to work on new deal

RMT chief Mick Lynch said he was “working jointly towards a revised offer” with the Rail Delivery Group after four hours of talks - and eight months of on-and-off strikes

The Guardian - UK

UK rail strikes: unions agree to work with operators towards revised pay offer

RMT and TSSA meet Rail Delivery Group in effort to break deadlock over jobs and conditions

The Independent UK

Rail union leader says he expects ‘very tight’ proposal from employers

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch was having talks with the Rail Delivery Group on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Train strikes: New offer to be made to unions

Pay hike likely to be 10 per cent over two years with ‘driver-only operation’ proposals watered down

Wales Online

Harper: ‘Renewed offer’ on table at latest talks to avert further rail strikes

Despite the Transport Secretary's positivity, one union boss says there was still 'zero' chance of a resolution

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