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All the upcoming train strike dates as rail dispute continues

Rail workers have planned to take industrial action over the coming weeks

Manchester Evening News

When are the rail strike dates in August?

Both the RMT and ASLEF are set to carry out industrial action over the course of the next month.

Wales Online

What has happened to the Labour party that it can’t stand up for labour?

With the cost of living crisis hitting millions, Keir Starmer will pay an electoral price for his failure to support striking workers, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

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Senior Labour MP backs calls for general strike as Starmer faces open revolt

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said ‘whoever has advised Keir Starmer on this, I think he has made a severe mistake’.

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Which services will be affected by the strike on Saturday

Following a day of national travel chaos on Wednesday, more strikes are planned for the weekend.

Liverpool Echo

Keir Starmer faces backlash after sacking Labour frontbencher for appearing on rail picket line

Trade unions, Scottish MSPs and the former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell slammed the Labour leader over the sacking of frontbencher Sam Tarry.

Daily Record

Unions express anger over sacking of Labour frontbencher Sam Tarry

The party sacked shadow frontbencher Sam Tarry after he defied Keir Starmer’s ban on joining the picket line in support of striking rail workers

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London train strike: Disruptions to train services continue after 24-hour walkout

Talks are expected to resume on Thursday but there is little sign of the deadlock being broken.

Evening Standard

Disruptions to train services continue after 24-hour rail strike

Talks are expected to resume on Thursday but there is little sign of the deadlock being broken

Wales Online

What the papers say – July 28

The front pages are preoccupied with the ongoing union disputes and rising cost of living.

The Independent UK

Unions threaten general strike over ‘Victorian’ Tory plans to curb industrial action

‘If Grant Shapps had his way we would all still be in the workhouse,’ union boss says

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer sacks frontbencher for appearing on picket line as fresh rail walkout announced for August

Labour said shadow transport minister Sam Tarry had ‘breached collective responsibility’ by attending a picket line

Evening Standard

Travel chaos as RMT members join rail strike outside Newcastle Central Station

Two picket lines of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and supporting Unison members stood outside Newcastle Central station

Chronicle Live

Fresh nationwide rail strikes hit UK

London (AFP) - Around 40,000 British railway workers staged a walkout on Wednesday, a month after the largest strike in 30 years as the UK battles its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.

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The Guardian - UK

Unions issue threat of UK general strike as rail crisis grows

Aslef members voted for action in August, while the RMT chief, Mick Lynch, is calling for a general strike

Liverpool Echo

Train strikes: Grant Shapps condemned for ‘attack on right to strike’

The Transport Secretary has laid out plans to crack down on strikes amid a summer of travel turmoil

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP sacked after appearing on picket line with striking workers

A SENIOR Labour MP has been sacked for appearing on the RMT picket line in support of striking workers.

Manchester Evening News

Train drivers to strike next month in new industrial action

Trade Union Aslef has announced its members will walk out on Saturday August 13

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh rail workers and politicians join picket line outside Waverley Station

A local MP has urged the UK Government to solve the RMT Union dispute from the Edinburgh Waverley picket line. More rail strikes disrupted local service on Wednesday, and more are planned for August.

Reuters

Britain's rail network hit by new strike action over pay dispute

Britain's rail network suffered major disruption again on Wednesday as staff walked out in a row over pay and conditions, the latest in a wave of industrial unrest as wages fail to keep pace with soaring inflation.

Daily Mirror

More train strikes announced as drivers at nine rail companies to walk out over pay

A wave of industrial action is planned for next month on the railways and London Underground in rows over pay, with drivers already set to strike this Saturday at seven companies

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer under pressure as Labour MPs defy order and join RMT strike

Sam Tarry could face wrath of Labour hierarchy after joining picket line outside Euston

The Independent UK

Union fury over threat to right to strike, as rail dispute hits millions

‘Fierce and prolonged resistance’: Clampdown on industrial action branded anti-democratic

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes: disruption affects millions in UK as Shapps threatens crackdown

Travel disrupted for millions amid worsening row with rail firms over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions

Daily Mirror

Why there are so many travel disruptions right now - from train strikes to flight delays

As we head in to the peak of the school Summer holidays, many plans could be scuppered by problems with UK transport. Here we take a look at all the travel disruption

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