Around 40,000 rail workers are on strike in Britain today over pay and jobs, a month after the sector’s biggest strike in 30 years, amid the UK’s spending power crisis.
Having failed to get their demands met in a historic three-day strike at the end of June, the RMT union has called a new 24-hour strike in the hope of increasing wages in the face of the country’s galloping inflation, which is likely to exceed 11% by the end of year.
The hot topic will be called upon to deal with the successor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned on July 7 after a series of scandals and lies.
Due to the strike, around one in five trains are running today on half the network and some areas will have no trains for the day.
The strike is also affecting Eurostar trains, causing cancellations and timetable changes.
Unions are also planning strike action on August 18 and 20, as well as a strike on the London Underground on August 19.
British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps denounced the unions, accusing them of calling strikes at the expense of the traveling public.
“We need to take more action to stop extremist far-left unions from disrupting the everyday lives of ordinary people,” the minister told SkyNews.
Source: Capital
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