Banners fluttered next to rail worker Karl Schofield and his colleagues, clad in gloves, hats and coats on the steps of Lime Street station.
Cups of tea, car horns, and a speaker blasting music kept spirits high on Wednesday, January 4, but it's colder than it was in June when we last spoke. Karl, 36, told the ECHO: "It's a lot colder. It's easier to come onto a picket line when it's a little bit warmer, but the fight continues."
Up to 40,000 rail workers employed by Network Rail and 14 train operators are losing pay for each of the two 48-hour strikes they're participating in this week - on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. But after more than six months of industrial action over a below-inflation pay rise and proposed changes to working conditions, union members are prepared to "be here another six months if needs be", according to train guard Frank Leech.
