[IER] Thousands walk out in Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years

[Ben Sellers]

News brief - 24/06/22                                                                           View this email in your browser 





Thousands walk out in Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years


On Tuesday this week, the RMT issued a statement explaining why rail workers are on strike. 

"The rail companies have now proposed pay rates that are massively under the relevant rates of inflation, coming on top of the pay freezes of the past few years.

At the behest of the Government, companies are also seeking to implement thousands of job cuts and have failed to give any guarantee against Compulsory Redundancies."


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