Jeremy Corbyn joined striking railway staff outside Newcastle Central Station on the third day of RMT's national walkout.
The former Labour leader, a staunch supporter of trade unions, spoke to picketing workers outside the front of the station on Saturday morning. Mr Corbyn, who is due to visit South Tyneside later on Saturday to commemorate the Jarrow Crusade, travelled up to the North East on Friday night.
He told ChronicleLive he supports the strike because he wants to see a "safe, well-managed railway" and fair pay for staff who he stressed worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
