5/6/2023 0 Comments Strike industriesThe ballot at Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern did not support strike action but supported industrial action short of a strike. Workers at Avanti West Coast, c2c, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Greater Anglia, Great Western (GWR), London North Eastern Railway, Northern Trains, Southeastern, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express and West Midlands Trains voted to strike, with 71% of those balloted taking part in the vote of those 89% voting in favour of strike action and 11% against. Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022įollowing a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike for three decades. With industrial action on the railways ongoing, trade union members working in other industries voted to take industrial action, including telecommunications, the postal service, legal profession and freight, as well as other areas of the transport sector. Public support for the strikes was organised through the Enough is Enough! campaign. Train services operated at 20% of normal capacity on strike days. They were soon joined by other railway unions, and a series of one-day strikes halted trains in many parts of the British mainland. The strikes began on 15 June 2022 after members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) voted to strike over planned changes to their pay and working conditions. The strikes took place with rising inflation, and demands for pay increases that would keep pace with this inflation. Since May–June 2022, a series of labour strikes and industrial disputes have occurred in various industries of the United Kingdom's economy as workers walked out over pay and conditions.
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