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The Latest Breaking News from Mick Lynch

Fresh RMT strikes confirmed for this month - will Scotland be affected?

NETWORK Rail workers will strike for 24 hours later this month over a pay dispute, according to the RMT union.

The National (Scotland)

Train strikes: RMT declares 24-hour walkout on July 27 after rejecting ‘paltry’ Network Rail offer

The country will face further rail strikes this summer after talks between unions and Network Rail broke down on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

RMT offered Network Rail pay deal in bid to stop further national train strikes

The RMT meets today to discuss the offer, June's strike leader Mick Lynch describes it as a 'real terms pay cut' which will cut frontline staff

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RMT boss Mick Lynch turns up heat on Keir Starmer at scorching Durham Miners' Gala

The RMT general secretary called on the Labour leader to back working people and their fight for higher pay and better employment conditions

Chronicle Live

RMT’s Mick Lynch slams politicians’ ‘prattle’ over rail workers’ pay

Mike Lynch said it’s “nonsense” for the Government to suggest transport workers are content with modernisation

Evening Standard

Durham Miners Gala 2022 - all you need to know about Saturday's event

The historic event returns after a two year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic with crowds of up to 200,000 expected at Durham

Chronicle Live

BBC Question Time sets 2022 complaints record after 'pro-Tory bias'

THE BBC has seen the highest number of complaints this year so far for a single issue after hundreds raised concerns of…

The National (Scotland)

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Durham Miners Gala 2022 will see the most bands and banners in event's modern history

More than 50 bands and 50 banners will be on show and a crowd of around 200,000 is expected in Durham on Saturday

Chronicle Live

‘Fight of our lifetime’: RMT sparks fears of more mass rail strikes

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has sparked fears of further mass rail strikes as he warned unions face the "fight of our lifetime".

Evening Standard

National rail dispute over pay is 'the fight of our lifetime' says RMT leader weeks after travellers hit by train chaos

Manchester train stations fell eerily silent last month as thousands of rail workers staged a walkout over pay

Manchester Evening News

'Tory sleaze makes Boris Johnson's cut-back policies hard to swallow'

The Conservative Party is back to bad old 90s as scandals blunt their attacks on the economic crisis as the public will push back against cuts and discontent

Daily Mirror

RMT ‘in no rush’ to call further strikes this month after crippling walkouts

A rail workers’ union has said it is “not in any rush” to call for further strike action in July following a series of walkouts last week.

Evening Standard

Striking workers are providing the opposition that Britain desperately needs

The strikes are gaining momentum, and public opinion is behind them – could they transform our economic landscape, asks Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch calls for resistance to UK Government 'attack' on devolution

RAIL union chief Mick Lynch has criticised "anti-democratic" plans by Westminster to weaken workers' rights.

The National (Scotland)

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Evening Standard

Union boss Mick Lynch criticises ‘exorbitant’ wages of TfL bosses

The Standard has revealed that almost 600 TfL executives earned more than £100,000 last year

Chronicle Live

RMT leader Mick Lynch will make a speech at Durham Miners' Gala 2022

The leader of June's railway strikes has been added to the platform of speakers for this year's Big Meeting, which returns after a two year Covid break

The Independent UK

Public now support rail strikes after Mick Lynch TV studio tour, poll finds

Pollsters see net 12 point shift in favour of striking workers

Bristol Post

Striking Bristol care home workers backed by rail union boss

"Care home staff are threatened with thousands of pounds of cuts to their pay"

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The Independent UK

Grant Shapps slams rail unions as he unveils £1bn east coast digital investment

The Transport Secretary claimed the Government is investing in modernising the railways ‘despite the best efforts of unions’.

The Guardian - UK

If Labour won’t stand up for working people, unions will

Labour’s decision to adopt a hostile posture to a newly assertive trade union movement could prove a costly error, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Wales Online

GPs warn of industrial action over evening and weekend appointments

One GP told the British Medical Association that medics should channel their “inner Mick Lynch”, in reference to the RMT leader

Evening Standard

Will there be another tube strike? London Underground workers vote for more industrial action

How likely are we to see more strike action this summer?

Daily Mirror

Christmas presents could be affected by rail strikes as festive supplies arrive

Supplies for the festive season are already under way and the walkouts are set to cause logistical problems, with more than 600 freight trains running in the UK every day

The Independent UK

Brandon Lewis criticised for using train driver salaries in strike interview day after Johnson did same thing

Brandon Lewis said train drivers are earning between £56,000 and £70,000 - but the union that represents most of them is not on strike

Daily Record

ScotRail services still reduced following strikes due to ongoing driver shortage

There will be many more lines running than the current "skeleton service" amid strikes, but services are still reduced.

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