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Rail strikes: why are the summer walkouts happening and what will the effects be?

Next rounds of strikes look squarely aimed at leisure passengers, not commuters

The Independent UK

Rail workers and what they earn: who are the real fat cats?

As government says striking rail workers are well paid, we look at industry salaries from cleaning staff to chief executives

The Guardian - UK

Rail chief earns 20 TIMES wage of train guard as more than half of Brits back strikes

Network Rail chief Andrew Haines earned an annual salary of nearly £600,000 last year with many train guards earning £30,000 as those on the picket line say strike action was a last resort

Daily Mirror

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Network Rail boss denies ministers urged it to cap pay offer

RMT union believes government put pressure on Network Rail not to exceed 3% increase

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson warns of months of rail strike misery

The Prime Minister slammed the “unnecessary aggravation” caused by walk-outs on the Tube and rail network which started on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Passengers told not to travel as rail and Tube strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’

Labour accuses government of blocking resolution to stop walkout so it can ‘feed on division’

The Independent UK

Rail strike map reveals the Welsh train lines affected by train staff walkout on June 21, 23 and 25

Vast areas of Wales will receive no services when RMT staff strike

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Talks continue but disruptive rail strikes still expected to go ahead

Mick Lynch, of the RMT, said the unions have effectively been in talks with the Government but ‘the Government was not in the room’.

The Independent UK

‘No real hope’ of avoiding biggest rail strike in 30 years, says Network Rail

Passengers across Great Britain told not to attempt to travel on 21, 23 and 25 June unless necessary

The Guardian - UK

Rail strike June 2022: No Tyne and Wear Metro trains to Sunderland for three days during RMT train strike

The RMT's major industrial action in June is going to have a serious knock-on impact for Metro passengers who travel between Pelaw and South Hylton

Chronicle Live

Rail strike June 2022 explained: Why workers are striking and which lines are hit?

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, coinciding with a further Tube strike

Daily Mirror

Rail union plans for largest industrial action in decades

Strikes are scheduled to coincide with a number of major events, including concerts, test match cricket and the Glastonbury festival.

The Independent UK

Three days of nationwide train strikes in June confirmed in biggest walkout since 1989

The RMT union announced plans for the largest bout of industrial action in decades at Network Rail and 13 train operators on June 21, 23 and 25

Daily Mirror

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