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Another day of quiet stations, empty platforms and crowded picket lines as the latest 48 hour rail strike gets under way. some areas have no trains at all. in others, the service is limited and will finish much earlier than usual. for one tour business in blackpool, the walk—outs couldnt have come at a worse time. weve projected our finances for christmas based on sort of everything being fallen and planned on people coming down, which hopefully we can recreate and hopefully we can replenish. ...

Katy austin is in east yorkshire for us in the town of goole where services are badly affected. just how badly hit, katie? well, for the second day _ just how badly hit, katie? well, for the second day in a _ just how badly hit, katie? well, for the second day in a row, _ just how badly hit, katie? well, for the second day in a row, large - just how badly hit, katie? well, for| the second day in a row, large parts of britain have no trains at all today. goole is one of the stations where nothing...

Later and finished much earlier than they normally do. there will also be some rock on disruption on thursday and sunday mornings. rail workers in the rmt have already worked —— walked out on eight days this year in a dispute the union says is over pay, protectingjobs in a dispute the union says is over pay, protecting jobs and working conditions. passengers now face four weeks of disruption. there are two 48—hour rail strikes this week, and overtime ban on 14 rail companies on sunday is e...

Andrew haynes from network rail knows what he�*s got to do but they are not being allowed to do that because of some ideological stance by the government at the moment. the transport secretary mark harper has told bbc breakfast he believes a fair and reasonable offer is on the table. we try to facilitate a deal. after i met with trade unions and offer was made to them by the train operating companies and an improved offer was made by network rail building on a certain level of reform, improvem...

Delivery group, representing the train operators that run the trains and the services. the union rejected and the services. the union rejected an offer by the train operators last week, an offer which included a pay award of 4% this year and another 4% next year. just yesterday, union members voted to reject a pay offer from network rail as well. that was 5% pay award this year and 4% next year. in both cases the union said there were conditions and issues around jobs and working practices that ...

Breakfast that he believes a fair and reasonable offer is on the table. weve tried to facilitate a deal. after i met with trade unions, an offer was made to them by the train operating companies, and an improved offer was made by network rail, building on a certain level of reform, improvements to outdated working practices and an improved pay offer. i think it is a very fair and reasonable offer that i think most people listening to this, if they look at what is being offered, it is comparable ...

The rmt wants a pay rise per its members, but it also rejects changes to working conditions. network rail and the train companies say that is not good enough, they can only afford pay rises if there are profound changes to working practices in order to bring down the cost of the railways, which are losing money at the moment. so without any kind of a compromise, without any kind of a compromise, with this kind of confrontation, i thing the chances are we are going to see more strikes later into ...

The week after that, so im pretty much closed for the next month, with no income coming in.— no income coming in. across the rail network, no income coming in. across the rail network. many _ no income coming in. across the rail network, many lines _ no income coming in. across the rail network, many lines have _ no income coming in. across the rail network, many lines have closed - network, many lines have closed altogether while others are running altogether while others are running a fracti...

And the impact of the action is clear when we look at the calendar again. in fact, today is the last day of normal service until monday january 9th. the red days are strike days. the orange days are when a reduced service is being run. that is the entire month affected from today and it is not back to anything resembling normality until monday, the 9th of january. pay is a very big issue in this dispute but also, propose changes to working practices is another big obstacle to agreement. 0ur tran...

The health secretary steve barclay of showing disrespect to the profession, and of turning down an opportunity to get an agreement before the strike takes place. this week sees a new wave of strikes in many sectors. train strikes are to go ahead from tomorrow, after members of the rmt, the uks largest rail union, rejected a pay offerfrom network rail. the rmt is also involved in a battle with the rail delivery group, where it represents about 20,000 workers at 14 train companies. one look at the...