THOUSANDS of Brits have been stranded on clogged up motorways and forced to work from home as train and bus workers began another round of crippling strikes today. Members of the RMT Union staged a…
THOUSANDS of Brits have been stranded on clogged up motorways and forced to work from home as train and bus workers began another round of crippling strikes today.staged a 48-hour walk out for the second time this week, ramping up a major dispute over pay and conditions.
Last night RMT Chief Mick Lynch met with Rail Minister Huw Merriman and Network Rail bosses to see if any progress could be made in the months-long dispute. "We exchanged some ideas and some possibilities, there was no negotiations at that, nothing arising tangible out of that," Mr Lynch said this morning.
"But what he did having heard that as the facilitator, as they describe themselves and the people that ultimately own the purse strings, is he invited us and requested that we get together and hold further talks going forward and we'll do that in the next period if the companies want to get engaged in it."
Bus drivers employed by Abellio in South and West London have also kicked off 48-hours of industrial action today in a row over pay.Most read in News
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