The RMT union announced last month that three days of coordinated strike action will impact all those travelling across Britain’s rail networks in early November.
Rail workers across the UK are taking part in strikes over lack of pay and poor conditions.
Several different trade unions are involved in the movement, meaning there will be widespread disruption to service across England, Scotland and Wales.
The three strike days by the RMT union will take place on Saturday 5, Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 November 2022. This represents all staff at Network Rail, which employs signalling workers across the UK, so travellers can expect major disruption across all services.
On 5 and 9 November, the RMT strike will include its members belonging to 14 train companies.
Network Rail workers belonging to another union called the TSSA, were also due to strike on these dates, however these have now been called off.
It comes after the RMT union says Network Rail bosses “reneged on their promises” of an improved pay offer, attempted to make “drastic changes” to the working practices of their staff, and sought to impose “job cuts, more unsocial hours, and detrimental rosters”.
The RMT union has now begun a ballot which if members vote in favour, could mean that strike action continues into spring 2023.
It’s been estimated that during these strike days only 20% of services will be running and those that do will start later around 10:30am and finish earlier around 6:30pm.
If you are planning to travel on these days, Network Rail have released revised timetables for all services which can be found here. However, it is encouraged to try avoid travelling by rail altogether if you can.
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Feature image – Leeds City Railway Station
