Mick Lynch has compared the government to authoritarian regimes like China and Russia because of plans to 'conscript' striking workers to cross picket lines
Deal to halt rail strikes 'within touching distance' but unions told 'no bottomless pit of cash' ahead of more walkouts
RMT members working for railway operators and Network Rail are on strike for four days this week, with train drivers' union Aslef striking on Thursday. "I think all democrats and people of good will should be opposed to the trade unions being corralled in this way."It comes amid fears that the strikes could snowball into a general strike - when several unions strike together to put political pressure on the government.
But he added: “I don’t think we’ll get a general strike as we understood it in 1926. It’s very difficult to synchronise that and stay within the law.”Mick Lynch with striking workers this week.Meanwhile the boss of one of the train companies whose workers are striking said that operators and unions would have to come to an agreement "sooner rather than later" because of the sheer inconvenience to passengers.
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