RMT's Mick Lynch calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in bid to resolve rail dispute More strikes set for this month and next Birmingham Post · Dec 10, 2022
Rail union boss Mick Lynch calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister The RMT general secretary has written to Rishi Sunak saying a meeting between the two men was now the best prospect of making any progress. The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022
Edinburgh train strikes: ScotRail warns passengers of 'significant disruption' for five days ScotRail have warned travellers to only travel if necessary from December 12 as five days of strike action brings the majority of trains across Scotland to a halt. Edinburgh Live · Dec 9, 2022
Strikes and rights: Simon Calder answers your travel questions on the weeks – and troubles – ahead UK Border Force, British and Eurostar trains and Continental air travel are all on the agenda for a dozen travellers The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
About 4,000 trains to be cancelled daily over Christmas, even after strikes Some routes will be cut for almost a month as operators wrestle with the full impact of the RMT overtime ban The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022
Who is Arthur Scargill and why are people comparing Mick Lynch to him? Union firebrand Arthur Scargill supports RMT’s rail strikes and Mick Lynch Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022
Will my train be running during the rail strikes? Exclusive: Several operators, including Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains, are running more trains than on previous strike days The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
Train strike 'could have been stopped' with 5% pay rise - but Tories 'blocked' it Tory ministers are accused of stepping in and blocking a 5% pay rise this year and next year for rail staff - and instead throwing in conditions that the RMT union could not accept Daily Mirror · Dec 9, 2022
Queuing system could be in place for Lime Street trains next week Rail passengers told to expect disruption when strike action takes place Liverpool Echo · Dec 9, 2022
Scotrail warns of disruption as RMT workers strike Only two services will run through West Lothian, twice and hour Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022
Train chaos for commuters as Christmas strike action axes five days of ScotRail services next week More strike action will see services to and from Ayrshire cancelled next week. Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022
No TransPennine Express services from Liverpool Lime Street on December strike days A limited service will run on strike days Liverpool Echo · Dec 9, 2022
ScotRail passengers facing 'significant disruption' during railway strikes next week Network Rail staff affiliated with the RMT union are set to walk out next week. Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022
Nurses, trains and Royal Mail: Every strike planned in run up to Christmas From ambulances to buses and postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action in Britain’s new ‘winter of discontent’ The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Rail strikes: Train firm cancels Midlands half of route network for nearly a month Chiltern Railways will cut services to Stratford-upon-Avon, Kidderminster and Birmingham – though other train firms will continue
Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022 Train passengers warned of month of chaos amid multiple strikes Network Rail releases ‘advent calendar’ of strikes
Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022 Staff ‘do not believe Avanti can improve its services this month’ – union RMT Mick Lynch said a worker survey shows the train operator ‘misled Parliament about what’s happened’ on its services
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Train strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023 Widescale walkouts planned for eight dates
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Christmas travel chaos: How Border Force and rail strikes could affect festive travel plans On top of previously announced train strikes, airline passengers ‘should be prepared for their plans to be severely disrupted’ over Christmas, the immigration minister has said
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 UK strikes timeline: How December’s industrial action will affect you Protests against salary stagnation and working conditions happening almost every day this month, threatening widespread disruption across Britain as Christmas approaches
Manchester Evening News · Dec 8, 2022 The Mancunian Way: Occasional sinister elves Are the Birmingham Christmas Markets really better than Manchester’s? PLUS Tourist tax AND Winter travel chaos ahead
Chronicle Live · Dec 8, 2022 Northern issues 'do not travel' rail warning next week due to 'major disruption' amid RMT strikes Anyone who must travel has been warned to 'expect severe disruption' and is urged to check whether their journey is affected by the strikes
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022 Mick Lynch: government is deliberately ensuring rail strikes go ahead RMT union leader says Department for Transport inserted bitterly opposed driver-only clause at last moment
Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022 Rail strike threatens Stirling commuters over Christmas period in ongoing dispute The strike dates have been extended through the Christmas period.
Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022 Train strikes dispute 'will be indefinite' if Tories refuse to back down, says Mick Lynch RMT general secretary Mick Lynch warned the union will 'go down' over the issue of driver-only trains as he accused the Tories of trying to make organised workers the 'enemy of this country'