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Rail strikes: commuters stay home on day two of action as talks resume

Maintenance and train company staff in parallel negotiations as ministers plan to use agency workers to break strike

The Guardian - UK

Support from Gary Lineker and anger from a stranded shift worker - mixed views on second day of national train strikes

Thousands of railway workers joined picket lines today in the biggest rail walkout in 30 years

Manchester Evening News

Rail strikes: Passenger numbers below 20% as services hit by second walkout

Euston and Paddington were among the stations with fewer passengers than a typical weekday

Evening Standard

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Mick Lynch: rail union bruiser who’s more than a match for the media

Faced with cliched questions about the strike from journalists and MPs, the RMT boss has been deft, scornful and effective

The Guardian - UK

Rail workers and what they earn: who are the real fat cats?

As government says striking rail workers are well paid, we look at industry salaries from cleaning staff to chief executives

The Guardian - UK

Union boss Mick Lynch is a media star – and Labour has much to learn about why

The RMT leader’s clarity is only a surprise because old union hands have long been sidelined, says Jeremy Gilbert, professor at the University of East London

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes: words used to describe unions misrepresent the truth about how they work

Public discussion of pickets, politics and even profile pictures, have been a daily occurrence this week for Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). As England, Scotland and Wales face severe transport disruption due to industrial action by the RMT, Lynch…

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Newcastle Central Station picket lines getting 'amazing public support' on second day of rail strike

Public have offered food, drinks and solidarity with strikers, and Newcastle City Council leader Nick Kemp has visited the picket line

Chronicle Live

Mick Lynch reveals his political hero in Robert Peston interview

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has revealed his political hero in an interview on Peston.

The National (Scotland)

Question Time: How to watch tonight as RMT’s Mick Lynch to appear amid train strikes

General secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Mick Lynch will be a guest on the panel

Evening Standard

Meet Mick Lynch - the Irish rooted UK rail union leader destroying Piers Morgan, Kay Burley and more

Amid rail strikes in the UK, RMT leader Mick Lynch has been at the centre of debates.

Irish Mirror

Glasgow train strikes: When do they end as union warns of further disruption

Thursday marks the second day of planned strikes by RMT members of Network Rail. Only two services are running from Glasgow Queen Street and two from Glasgow Central.

Glasgow Live

RMT strike sparks huge interest in joining trade unions, research shows

MICK Lynch’s primetime crusades against the Tory Government and the right-wing media have sparked a flurry of interest in how to join a trade…

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon hits out at UK's latest plan to undermine striking workers

Nicola Sturgeon has called on the UK government to “show some respect” after ministers announced they would be rushing through new legislation…

The National (Scotland)

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Wales Online

Six of train strike union leader Mick Lynch's most brutal putdowns

He takes no prisoners in his interviews

The Independent UK

Respect workers and resolve rail strike, Sturgeon tells UK Government

The First Minister addressed the issue as train services again ground to a halt across Britain as workers stage strike action.

The Independent UK

Momentum to keep list of Labour MPs who fail to back rail strike

Labour left-wingers to campaign for MPs to ‘do their jobs’ and back industrial action

Manchester Evening News

'We're not just fighting for ourselves, we're fighting for our communities': View from the picket line on day two of the biggest rail strike in 30 years

50,000 railway workers are on strike this week - the M.E.N spoke to two of those about why they felt it was the only option

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The Independent UK

In Pictures: Pickets and fewer passengers as second rail strike hits services

Edinburgh Waverley, London Euston, London Paddington and Liverpool Lime Street were among the stations seeing fewer passengers than a typical weekday.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Daily Post: Job loss warning over energy scandal

Read the Liverpool Daily Post newsletter for Thursday June 23, 2022

Daily Record

Lanarkshire rail workers join colleagues on strike action

Members of the Wishaw and Motherwell branch of the RMT union have been protesting over potential job losses and better pay

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh passengers tell of long queues for buses as train strike deepens

The RMT members of Network Rail are protesting for fare wages and better work conditions on June 21, 23, and 25 causing significant disruptions to many journeys.

Daily Mirror

Union boss Mick Lynch’s best moments including Piers Morgan Thunderbirds debacle

Mick Lynch is secretary-general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and he's become a bit of an internet celebrity as he battles news bigwigs

Wales Online

Piers Morgan and Dan Walker in furious spat over RMT chief Mick Lynch interview

'Is there anyone more deluded in world television than Desperate Dan.. the world's most boring interviewer?'

The Independent UK

Starmer stance on rail strikes ‘may end’ Labour party, union chief warns

Labour leader’s order to stay away from picket lines has angered left of party

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