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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Bond,Rachael Burford and John Dunne

Train strikes: 11th-hour bid to call off mass union action

MPs, business leaders and commuters joined forces to call on unions to “do the right thing” and ditch Wednesday’s national rail strike.

About 40,000 workers affiliated to the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union are expected to walk out for 24 hours from Wednesday morning, grinding services run by 14 operators to a halt.

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