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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Nuray Bulbul

How long could UK rail strikes continue for as RMT union increases mandate?

A person walks past a departures board at Euston Station amid the rail strikes

(Picture: PA Wire)

The RMT union's members have voted to continue their long-running industrial action in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

The rail union was required by employment law to reballot its members six months after a previous vote. It now claims it has “beaten the anti-trade union laws with a stunning mandate” for strikes over the next half year.

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