21 days to respond to a #UK government consultation on the closure of #train station ticket offices. #rail #Railstrikes #transport #publictransport

https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/ticket-office-consultation/

Very glad that my colleague @SamGoodman22 was able to speak on behalf of @hk_watch at today's London rally for #HongKong #47Democrats #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners I would have been there had it not been for #RailStrikes which left me unable to get there - but am with #HK in spirit https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1637135973858287618#m

Rail strikes: TSSA settles for 9% pay rise, putting pressure on RMT | The Independent
#TSSA
#RailStrikes
#Lynch
#RMT
#RailDeliveryGroup
#RDG https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rail-tssa-union-rmt-aslef-b2289108.html

Rail strikes could last until 2026, union chief warns | Morning Star
#RailStrikes
#Strikes
#StrikesUK
#Aslef
#AslefUnion
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/s/rail-strikes-could-last-until-2026-union-chief-warns
>Aslef members return to pickets for a series of 24-hour strikes

Following up our thread from last week about the 1983 CPBF programme 'Why Their News Is Bad News', we've written up a longer blog of highlights from the programme. Fascinating parallels to #BBC coverage of current #railstrikes!

#KnowTheMedia

https://bettermedia.uk/2023/02/02/why-their-news-is-bad-news-cpbf-programme-from-1983/

"Education is in crisis" in the UK.

After 13 years of #Tory misrule, can anyone name a public service that ISN'T in crisis?

A friend suggested "the BBC", but while that may not currently have a funding crisis, it has plenty of problems created over the last 13 years.
#teacherstrike
#nursesstrike
#RailStrikes
#universitystrike
#civilservicestrike

Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut.

#RailStrikes #RMT #RMTUnion #Bylines
https://centralbylines.co.uk/rail-firm-paid-shareholders-500m-before-asking-workers-to-take-wage-cut/

Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut.

CEOs of the six biggest train companies took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020

#bylines #RailStrikes #strike

https://centralbylines.co.uk/rail-firm-paid-shareholders-500m-before-asking-workers-to-take-wage-cut/

RT @NeilMullens@twitter.com

Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut

CEOs of the six biggest train companies took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020

Adam Bychawski @CentralBylines@twitter.com

#RailStrikes #RMT

@BylineTimes@twitter.com @SydesJokes@twitter.com

https://centralbylines.co.uk/rail-firm-paid-shareholders-500m-before-asking-workers-to-take-wage-cut/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NeilMullens/status/1612899614113275908

As reported by Adam Bychawski for CentralBylines (reposting from their @bylines.social instance) https://centralbylines.co.uk/rail-firm-paid-shareholders-500m-before-asking-workers-to-take-wage-cut/

"Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut.

CEOs of the six biggest train companies took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020"

Basically shareholders and management made good, asked workers to suck up a pay cut and unsafe working conditions to keep it going.

#RailStrikes

Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut.

CEOs of the six biggest train companies took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020

Via @openDemocracy

#RMT #RMTUnion #RailStrikes @RMTunion
https://centralbylines.co.uk/rail-firm-paid-shareholders-500m-before-asking-workers-to-take-wage-cut/

Um mit den Streiks fertig zu werden, setzt der britische Regierungschef Rishi Sunak seine Ankündigung von Dezember um: Er will gewerkschaftliche Rechte einschränken und Streiks verbieten. #RailStrikes

http://jungewelt.de/artikel/442305.html

Only 20% of #railservices running normally in the #UK as #railstrikes cause widespread #disruptions

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-01-06-20percent-rail-services-uk-strikes-cause-disruptions.html

The RMT has one of the best leaders the union movement has had in decades in Mick Lynch and some of the best organisers like Gordon Martin of RMT Scotland.

But it's the workers on strike who will bring about the victory they deserve.

#SupportRailWorkers #RailStrikes

https://fb.watch/hRoUDjmV3r/

The Tory government sticks its head in the sand and hopes problems will just go away.

#nhs #RailStrikes #BrexitHasFailed #postalStrikes

#ToriesDestroyingOurCountry

Looks like I won’t be able to easily get home from work tomorrow.

Train strikes mean last train home is over an hour before I even start my shift. Last bus leaves half an hour before I finish.

Only option is a taxi, which for 15 miles will cost me £40—£50.

I support the strike action, but the problem is that the Rail bosses & government will not be inconvenienced by the strikes, only people like me will — and the bosses & government don’t give two shits about people like me.

#RailStrikes

"The quicker we can get on with a settlement the better"

@RMTunion leader Mick Lynch speaks from the Euston picket line as #RailStrikes take place on the day most Brits are #BacktoWork.

#RailStrikes are back on the day most Brits are #BacktoWork after the festive break - Mick Lynch (the @RMTunion boss) gives his take from the picket line

"The government wishes to frame the dispute on the railway as one between staff and passengers, but the truth is that rail staff are on the side of passengers. It’s rail staff who keep a vital public service functioning by running services and assisting passengers, and it is they who are taking a stand against attempts to degrade the service through austerity."

No to a "de-staffed" railway.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/12/rail-workers-are-on-our-side

#UK #railways #RailStrikes #RMT #austerity

RT @mirrorpolitics
"We think the public is heavily on our side."

@RMTunion leader Mick Lynch speaks from the Euston picket line as #RailStrikes once again take place on the day most Brits are #BacktoWork after the festive break.