Dumfries and Galloway train passengers set to be hit by more rail strikes The RMT union is planning another walk-out, but a dispute between ASLEF and ScotRail has been resolved Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022
Rail staff will strike for two further days in August as row over jobs and pay continues It follows strikes by 40,000 RMT union workers across 13 operators and at Network Rail last month Manchester Evening News · Jul 14, 2022
Rail workers to strike for two days in August over jobs, pay and working conditions Two further rail strikes have been announced in August as the dispute over jobs, pay and conditions continues. Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2022
RMT announces further rail strikes in August The union previously announced a strike for July 27. The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022
Scots rail strike explained as workers prepare to walk out again later this month RMT members and Network Rail staff voted for another 24 hours of strike action, which is expected to cripple the transport network once again later this month. Daily Record · Jul 14, 2022
Rail strikes: Full list of services being hit with cancellations and delays The RMT has fixed more dates for railway worker walkouts amid a long-running pay dispute, while a host of other unions are gearing up for their members to picket Daily Mirror · Jul 14, 2022
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accuses union of causing ‘misery’ with new strike Shapps rounded on the RMT leadership for rejecting a three-year offer from Network Rail without putting it to their membership Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2022
Rail strikes: why are the summer walkouts happening and what will the effects be? Next rounds of strikes look squarely aimed at leisure passengers, not commuters The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Fresh RMT strikes confirmed for this month - will Scotland be affected? NETWORK Rail workers will strike for 24 hours later this month over a pay dispute, according to the RMT union. The National (Scotland) · Jul 13, 2022
Train strikes: RMT declares 24-hour walkout on July 27 after rejecting ‘paltry’ Network Rail offer The country will face further rail strikes this summer after talks between unions and Network Rail broke down on Wednesday. Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022
RMT offered Network Rail pay deal in bid to stop further national train strikes The RMT meets today to discuss the offer, June's strike leader Mick Lynch describes it as a 'real terms pay cut' which will cut frontline staff Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2022
RMT boss Mick Lynch turns up heat on Keir Starmer at scorching Durham Miners' Gala The RMT general secretary called on the Labour leader to back working people and their fight for higher pay and better employment conditions Chronicle Live · Jul 9, 2022
RMT’s Mick Lynch slams politicians’ ‘prattle’ over rail workers’ pay Mike Lynch said it’s “nonsense” for the Government to suggest transport workers are content with modernisation Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2022
Durham Miners Gala 2022 - all you need to know about Saturday's event The historic event returns after a two year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic with crowds of up to 200,000 expected at Durham Chronicle Live · Jul 8, 2022
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2022 BBC Question Time sets 2022 complaints record after 'pro-Tory bias' THE BBC has seen the highest number of complaints this year so far for a single issue after hundreds raised concerns of…
Chronicle Live · Jul 7, 2022 Durham Miners Gala 2022 will see the most bands and banners in event's modern history More than 50 bands and 50 banners will be on show and a crowd of around 200,000 is expected in Durham on Saturday
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2022 ‘Fight of our lifetime’: RMT sparks fears of more mass rail strikes RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has sparked fears of further mass rail strikes as he warned unions face the "fight of our lifetime".
Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2022 National rail dispute over pay is 'the fight of our lifetime' says RMT leader weeks after travellers hit by train chaos Manchester train stations fell eerily silent last month as thousands of rail workers staged a walkout over pay
Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022 'Tory sleaze makes Boris Johnson's cut-back policies hard to swallow' The Conservative Party is back to bad old 90s as scandals blunt their attacks on the economic crisis as the public will push back against cuts and discontent
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2022 RMT ‘in no rush’ to call further strikes this month after crippling walkouts A rail workers’ union has said it is “not in any rush” to call for further strike action in July following a series of walkouts last week.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022 Striking workers are providing the opposition that Britain desperately needs The strikes are gaining momentum, and public opinion is behind them – could they transform our economic landscape, asks Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The National (Scotland) · Jun 30, 2022 Mick Lynch calls for resistance to UK Government 'attack' on devolution RAIL union chief Mick Lynch has criticised "anti-democratic" plans by Westminster to weaken workers' rights.
Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2022 Union boss Mick Lynch criticises ‘exorbitant’ wages of TfL bosses The Standard has revealed that almost 600 TfL executives earned more than £100,000 last year
Chronicle Live · Jun 30, 2022 RMT leader Mick Lynch will make a speech at Durham Miners' Gala 2022 The leader of June's railway strikes has been added to the platform of speakers for this year's Big Meeting, which returns after a two year Covid break
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022 Public now support rail strikes after Mick Lynch TV studio tour, poll finds Pollsters see net 12 point shift in favour of striking workers