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Rail union boss Mick Lynch calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister

The RMT general secretary has written to Rishi Sunak saying a meeting between the two men was now the best prospect of making any progress.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh train strikes: ScotRail warns passengers of 'significant disruption' for five days

ScotRail have warned travellers to only travel if necessary from December 12 as five days of strike action brings the majority of trains across Scotland to a halt.

Edinburgh Live

Strikes and rights: Simon Calder answers your travel questions on the weeks – and troubles – ahead

UK Border Force, British and Eurostar trains and Continental air travel are all on the agenda for a dozen travellers

The Independent UK

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About 4,000 trains to be cancelled daily over Christmas, even after strikes

Some routes will be cut for almost a month as operators wrestle with the full impact of the RMT overtime ban

The Guardian - UK

Who is Arthur Scargill and why are people comparing Mick Lynch to him?

Union firebrand Arthur Scargill supports RMT’s rail strikes and Mick Lynch

Evening Standard

Will my train be running during the rail strikes?

Exclusive: Several operators, including Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains, are running more trains than on previous strike days

The Independent UK

Train strike 'could have been stopped' with 5% pay rise - but Tories 'blocked' it

Tory ministers are accused of stepping in and blocking a 5% pay rise this year and next year for rail staff - and instead throwing in conditions that the RMT union could not accept

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Queuing system could be in place for Lime Street trains next week

Rail passengers told to expect disruption when strike action takes place

Liverpool Echo

Scotrail warns of disruption as RMT workers strike

Only two services will run through West Lothian, twice and hour

Daily Record

Train chaos for commuters as Christmas strike action axes five days of ScotRail services next week

More strike action will see services to and from Ayrshire cancelled next week.

Daily Record

No TransPennine Express services from Liverpool Lime Street on December strike days

A limited service will run on strike days

Liverpool Echo

ScotRail passengers facing 'significant disruption' during railway strikes next week

Network Rail staff affiliated with the RMT union are set to walk out next week.

Daily Record

Nurses, trains and Royal Mail: Every strike planned in run up to Christmas

From ambulances to buses and postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action in Britain’s new ‘winter of discontent’

The Independent UK

Rail strikes: Train firm cancels Midlands half of route network for nearly a month

Chiltern Railways will cut services to Stratford-upon-Avon, Kidderminster and Birmingham – though other train firms will continue

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Train passengers warned of month of chaos amid multiple strikes

Network Rail releases ‘advent calendar’ of strikes

Evening Standard

Staff ‘do not believe Avanti can improve its services this month’ – union

RMT Mick Lynch said a worker survey shows the train operator ‘misled Parliament about what’s happened’ on its services

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023

Widescale walkouts planned for eight dates

The Independent UK

Christmas travel chaos: How Border Force and rail strikes could affect festive travel plans

On top of previously announced train strikes, airline passengers ‘should be prepared for their plans to be severely disrupted’ over Christmas, the immigration minister has said

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The Independent UK

UK strikes timeline: How December’s industrial action will affect you

Protests against salary stagnation and working conditions happening almost every day this month, threatening widespread disruption across Britain as Christmas approaches

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Occasional sinister elves

Are the Birmingham Christmas Markets really better than Manchester’s? PLUS Tourist tax AND Winter travel chaos ahead

Chronicle Live

Northern issues 'do not travel' rail warning next week due to 'major disruption' amid RMT strikes

Anyone who must travel has been warned to 'expect severe disruption' and is urged to check whether their journey is affected by the strikes

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch: government is deliberately ensuring rail strikes go ahead

RMT union leader says Department for Transport inserted bitterly opposed driver-only clause at last moment

Daily Record

Rail strike threatens Stirling commuters over Christmas period in ongoing dispute

The strike dates have been extended through the Christmas period.

Daily Mirror

Train strikes dispute 'will be indefinite' if Tories refuse to back down, says Mick Lynch

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch warned the union will 'go down' over the issue of driver-only trains as he accused the Tories of trying to make organised workers the 'enemy of this country'

The Independent UK

Rail strikes could go on ‘indefinitely’, warns union boss Mick Lynch

Demand for driver-only operation of trains ‘could block any resolution of dispute’

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