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NewsYahoo News UKWhen are the Christmas train strikes and why are they happening?
The latest RMT walkout is set to cause widespread travel disruption.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKRob Delaney joins RMT boss Mick Lynch on train strike picket line
Rob Delaney is a vocal supporter of left-wing politics and expressed his solidarity with striking train workers.
NewsYahoo News UKMick Lynch: Toe-curling moment Tory MP tries to catch union leader out on live TV
Government minister Rachel Maclean was forced to backtrack on her claims about non-compulsory redundancies for rail workers.
NewsYahoo News UKGlastonbury travel: Will train strikes disrupt my journey to the festival?
The festival is expected to welcome 200,000 revellers this week.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKRichard Madeley accused of talking nonsense by rail union chief on GMB
The GMB presenter asked the RMT chief 'Are you a Marxist, yes or no?'.
NewsYahoo News UKWhen is the UK train strike and which lines are affected?
Train services across the country will face massive disruption.
NewsYahoo News UKRailway workers are about to strike on Southern Rail for the 33rd time
Southern Rail commuters are facing fresh misery this morning as workers stage their 33rd strike in just over a year. The latest walkout is once again to do with the bitter dispute between Southern and the RMT over plans to extend driver-only trains and remove guards from services. Despite the strike action, Southern were confident that services would run as planned.
NewsYahoo News UKRMT union 'pays Southern Rail conductors £300 a week to go on strike'
Southern Rail conductors are apparently being paid £300 every week by the RMT union to go on strike – the equivalent to an £18,000 annual salary. The union has 84,000 members and has a war chest totalling £46 million that can easily fund striking workers, according to The Telegraph. RMT conductors have carried out more than 20 days of strike action so far and have more planned between December 31 and January 2.
NewsAndy WellsSouthern Railway Given Permission To Cancel 350 Trains Every Day
The Government has been criticised for allowing under-fire Southern Railway to cancel an additional 350 trains every day as part of an emergency timetable. Southern passengers have endured weeks of delays and cancellations because of staff sickness and a series of strikes over the role of conductors. The RMT union has now claimed that the new timetable, set to be introduced next week, will see even less trains available for commuters.
NewsAndy WellsGreat Western Railway Ad Banned For ‘Misleadingly Suggesting Public Ownership’
Watchdogs have ordered a railway company to change the wording on one of their adverts for misleadingly suggesting that it is publicly owned. Great Western Railway’s (GWR) poster at London’s Paddington station drew complaints for the phrase: “The railway belongs to the region it serves”. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said that wording was likely to be understood to imply that the company was publicly owned.
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