Railway workers are set for the biggest train strike in decades next week, which could be followed by further walk outs this summer.
Employees who work for 13 train operators and Network Rail staff who are members of the RMT union are due to strike over three days late June. The union says the strike will be the biggest on the network since 1989. Passengers are being advised not to travel on the strike dates. Northern Rail is going as far as to ask passengers not to travel at all on the week of the strike, even on the days when staff are not on picket lines.
Train and railway staff who are members of another union, TSSA, are voting on whether to push ahead with two further strikes. One affects train and station staff working for three rail operators, including CrossCountry. Another is for Network Rail staff working across Britain.
