Rail union, the RMT, has announced a series of 48-hour strikes on the railways in the run up to Christmas and into the New Year in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
More than 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union across Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will strike on December 13, 14, 16 and 17 and on January 3, 4, 6 and 7. They said industry bosses had failed to offer any new deals to reach a settlement.
The RMT said there would also be an overtime ban across the railways from 18 December until January 2, a step it said would mean members would be taking industrial action over a four-week period.
