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Christmas strikes ‘to cost London £2 billion’

RMT boss Mick Lynch raises hopes of a possible deal

Evening Standard

Hope of train strikes breakthrough with Mick Lynch saying RMT deal is ‘achievable’

An overtime ban will result in fewer trains over the Christmas period

Evening Standard

Fresh strike causes more misery for rail passengers as bitter dispute continues

Talks between the leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), train company employers and Rail Minister Huw Merriman on Thursday failed.

The Independent UK

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UK government warned it has five days to stop NHS strikes spreading – as it happened

General secretary of Unite says NHS strike will deepen next week unless ministers undertake ‘serious pay talks’ with health staff

The Guardian - UK

Train strikes: Mick Lynch hoping for 'compromise' in the next week as new talks open

The RMT chief urged rail firms to 'come towards us a little bit' in softer language as new talks open. But a 48-hour strike today has gone ahead - crippling services

Daily Mirror

Train strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023

Widescale walkouts planned for eight dates

The Independent UK

These strikes are telling us something: Britain’s era of low wages may be over

Higher salaries would boost the UK economy and bring us in line with many other rich countries, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

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Train strikes resume despite hopes of breakthrough

Second strike of week begins after TSSA union accepts pay deal with Network Rail

The Guardian - UK

Train strikes: TSSA union accepts National Rail pay deal rejected by RMT

Network Rail offer is ‘significantly better than anything which has been proposed by the train operating companies’ says director

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023

Widescale walkouts planned for eight dates

The Independent UK

This Morning's Vanessa Feltz slammed for Mick Lynch 'dig'

The This Morning guest appeared to suggest Mr Lynch is unwilling to compromise for the rail workers

Liverpool Echo

Mick Lynch: Scottish nationalist MPs 'closer' to strikers than Keir Starmer

RAIL union boss Mick Lynch has said SNP MPs are “closer" to the RMT's position than Labour as he criticised Keir Starmer’s apparent…

The National (Scotland)

Nurses in plea for public support on eve of first ever strike - we're doing this for you

Royal College of Nursing boss Pat Cullen said staff had been backed into a corner over No10’s refusal to boost their paltry pay rises

Daily Mirror

Train strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023

Widescale walkouts planned for eight dates

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The Independent UK

What the papers say – December 14

Industrial-action figurehead Mick Lynch is losing public sympathy, according to one masthead.

Daily Mirror

Struggling workers suffer worst wage growth in 50 years as Tories refuse pay deals

And as industrial action grows across the country, No10 was accused of deliberately scuppering pay deals to pick a fight with those trying to improve poor wages

Evening Standard

Rail strikes: London braces for next day of travel misery as union warns ‘no deal in sight’

RMT walkout on Wednesday to cause further chaos and hit businesses after severe disruption from industrial action on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Strike summit blasts government 'picking fight with unions' to hide economic failures

The Mirror this evening hosted a summit of Union bosses in our headquarters to answer questions from readers as thousands of workers prepare to walk out in the coming weeks

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The Guardian - UK

UK rail strikes: what’s behind the claims and counterclaims?

From the BBC ‘parroting the most rightwing stuff’ to a standoff between Mick Lynch and GMB over when ‘Christmas’ starts

The National (Scotland)

UK Government language on strikes are plot to vilify workers, says union chief

General secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress Roz Foyer has said the language used by the UK Government towards trade unions is an attempt…

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Rail strikes & stress on hospitality

It's the first day of a series of strikes where 40,000 rail workers will walk out across the country until the weekend.

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch is right – the BBC has swallowed the anti-strike agenda of the Daily Mail

The RMT leader says the broadcaster has taken the rightwing press’s line when it comes to workers’ rights. He has a point, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Nottingham Post

ITV GMB fans appalled as Richard Madeley tells union boss to 'jog on'

Viewers flocked to social media to share their thoughts on the heated exchange with RMT leader Mick Lynch

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch accuses BBC of ‘parroting’ rightwing propaganda

RMT boss hits out at Today presenter Mishal Husain and also clashes with GMB’s Richard Madeley over strikes

Evening Standard

Blame game over strikes as minister accuses RMT of trying to wreck Christmas

Transport Secretary Mark Harper refused to deny that he had made one of the conditions of a deal to end the dispute as more driver-only trains

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