Rail services in Wales will be affected later in June as workers stage three days of strike action. Thousands of rail employees are set to go on strike later this month as a result of disputes over pay and jobs, with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) describing it as "the biggest railway strike in a generation".
The strikes are due to take place across three days on Tuesday, June 21, Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25. Last month, a ballot of 40,000 members led Network Rail staff along with 13 train operating companies including Great Western Railway to conclude that full-scale industrial action was needed.
The industrial action resulting from the dispute between RMT and Network Rail will disrupt the rail network across the whole of the UK. Rail staff in Wales at Transport for Wales were not involved in the ballot as there is no ongoing disputes with the Welsh Government, but the rail company will be unable to operate its services on Network Rail infrastructure as a result of the strike action.
