Saturday, December 3, 2022, 9:16 am
Thousands of railway station employees will be leaving this month, as union bosses met with ministers yesterday.
Yesterday, the TSSA union served strike notices at six train operators as well as Network Rail. This means that thousands more workers marched out on December 17.
This brings to nine the number of companies that have been affected by the industrial strikes from the union, which represents technical, managerial, and administrative workers in the railway sector.
It is happening as more than 40,000 RMT Union members are set for strike on December 13, 14, and 16 and on January 3, 4, 6, and 7 across network railways and 14 train operators.
Yesterday’s announcement led to a strike in Avanti West Coast. It will take place on December 17th. Midlands (WMT).
Yesterday, Hugh Merriman, Minister of Railways, hosted talks on the crisis between the Chairs in both Houses.
Luke Chester, TSSA organizing director, stated that union members are tired of being treated with contempt by employers and government alike.
He said, “We’ve had hundreds of hours of talks and moved mountains in order to make progress on details of modernization and employment and jobs.”
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