The Latest Breaking News from Eddie Dempsey

Two rail strikes will happen in one week as workers walk out on July 27 and 30

A walkout on July 30 by train drivers from Aslef will happen three days after separate strikes by the RMT union over pay, conditions and job cuts - leading to serious disruption duringthe Commonwealth Games

Daily Mirror · Jul 14, 2022

New rail strike announced across 14 operators later this month

The RMT union will stage another 24-hour walkout on Wednesday 27 July

Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022

New rail strike date announced in summer of disruption for train passengers

The RMT union will stage another 24-hour walkout on Wednesday 27 July - after three separate days of action last month - after issues over pay, conditions and maintenance job cuts were unresolved

Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022

Inflation sparks global wave of protests for higher pay, aid

As food costs and fuel bills soar, inflation is plundering people’s wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers’ strikes around the world

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Grant Shapps is ‘a snake-oil salesman,’ says union boss

Eddie Dempsey hinted at a warm relationship with employers, saying management are conducting themselves ‘with grace’

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Holidays in jeopardy as Eurostar cancels 41 trains next week due to UK rail strikes

Some train services connecting London with Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris have been scrapped next week due to rail strikes called for by the RMT and other unions

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022

National rail strike June 2022: RMT leadership on why union has not called off strike

The RMT also accused Boris Johnson and the Government of using the June 21, 23 and 25 train strike as a 'political football'

Chronicle Live · Jun 16, 2022

Rail union leader says blackouts a 'realistic possibility' in biggest strike in a generation

In an interview with the Mirror, RMT chief Mick Lynch said walkouts could begin in mid-June and refused to rule out a general strike - saying Tory ministers want to 'shut virtually every ticket office in Britain'

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

'Biggest rail strike in British history' planned over pay concerns

"Seven of the highest-paid civil servants in the country are Network Rail bosses"

Bristol Post · Apr 21, 2022

MP attacks RMT union leader who ‘supported Putin separatist’

Mr Dempsey met Mozgovoy, head of the pro-Russian “Ghost Brigade” in Luhansk, when he visited the area on a “humanitarian” mission in 2015

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2022