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PHILIP NORMAN: For generations, workers in dispute with their bosses either went on strike or 'worked to rule', sometimes described with equal honesty as 'a go-slow'.
Train strikes could also see businesses lose millions of pounds, 'irreparably damage' to consumer confidence, less footfall in cities and interrupt fans going to a cricket test match at Lords.
Only 20 per cent of Britain's train services are set to run, while nearly half of all rail lines will be closed due to two days of coordinated industrial action by the RMT, TSSA and Unite unions.
Sir Keir Starmer faced questions about the influence of unions on his party last night as three Labour MPs held talks with bosses of Aslef - the train drivers' union behind Saturday's rail strikes.
Some rail operators are running no services as 6,500 train drivers walk out in pay dispute.