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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ben Roberts-Haslam & Abigail O'Leary

RMT didn’t pick out Eurovision when deciding rail strikes, says leader Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch has said that rail strikes planned for the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final were not deliberately scheduled to prevent people from getting to the event.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on May 13 after the union’s executive rejected the latest offer aimed at resolving a long-running pay dispute.

The strikes will affect 14 train operators across the country on the same day that Liverpool hosts the Eurovision final.

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