RMT

Rail passengers and staff under 'huge threat' from police closures

Avanti said it was looking at how the strikes will affet services and will confirm its plans as soon as possible

Train operator hit by 4 months of strikes starting from Hogmanay

Countdown to ScotRail ending timetable cuts after RMT accepts deal

ScotRail passengers face threat of increased disruption

Threat of ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper disruption after strike vote

Exclusive ScotRail strike breakthrough hope as staff offered new deal

ScotRail workers are to be balloted over strike action

ScotRail workers to be balloted over strikes in driver train dispute

ScotRail's class 380 electric trains are due to take over the Glasgow Central to Barrhead route on December 10. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

RMT vows to fight to keep conductors on trains after ScotRail shelves changes

RMT conductors at Glasgow Central are among those being balloted for strikes if door control on electric trains being deployed on the Barrhead route from December 10 switches to drivers. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

ScotRail: Why another dispute over who controls train doors? – Alastair Dalton

The RMT expects conductors to be replaced with ticket examiners on the class 380 electric trains due to take over the Glasgow-Barrhead line in December. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

RMT calls ScotRail strike ballot in dispute over who controls trains

The RMT says ScotRail wants to replace conductors with driver-only operation on the electric trains due to take over the Glasgow-Barrhead route on December 10

RMT threatens dispute with ScotRail over control of trains on new electric route

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

Exclusive Improved offer could avert ScotRail pay dispute disruption

Secretary-General of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) Mick Lynch said 20,000 rail workers have voted to strike for three days in July. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Breaking RMT announces 3 days of rail strike action in July

The RMT includes station staff and train conductors. Picture: John Devlin

Members of ScotRail’s largest union RMT accept 5 per cent pay deal

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking RMT members back further rail strike action

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

May and June train strikes - dates, companies and options

Rail strikes: RMT plan train strike for day of Eurovision after rejecting Rail Delivery Group’s offer

Breaking RMT announce strike action on day of Eurovision after rejecting offer

RMT Scottish organiser Mick Hogg described the Scottish Government's public sector pay policy as a "blatant attack on free collective bargaining". Picture: Robert Perry/PA

RMT threatens ScotRail with another ‘summer of discontent’ over pay limits

RMT members protesting outside Glasgow Central Station in September. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail paid £6.5m compensation after Network Rail strikes cancel 40,000 trains

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

The RMT has been staging strike action at Network Rail since last July (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Breaking Train strikes: RMT suspends strikes planned for March 30 and April 1

Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.

RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

When are the train strikes taking place this month?

February train strikes: When are rail workers striking and how will it impact the North East? (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

RMT train strikes suspended following new pay offer

Passengers have faced months of disruption

Rail strikes suspended: RMT calls off UK-wide action after new offer

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

The biggest rail workers’ union has rejected the latest offers from Network Rail and the train operating companies aimed at resolving the long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

RMT union rejects latest offer from Network Rail and train operating companies

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT)

8 quotes and one liners from Mick Lynch amid RMT strikes

Mick Lynch appeared on GMB this morning and was quizzed by Ben Sheppard and Kate Garraway.

Watch Mick Lynch and Ben Shephard in fiery GMB clash

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), joins union members on the picket line outside Euston station in London during a rail strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture date: Friday January 6, 2023.

Mick Lynch hits out at 'incompetent' UK government over strikes

Empty platforms at Stratford station in east London during a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture date: Wednesday January 4, 2023.

Scottish RMT leader calls on UK ministers to “intervene in a positive manner”

ScotRail services will be severely disrupted on Wednesday as railway workers walk out in a second day of strike action this week. Network Rail workers across Scotland walked out yesterday as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.

Second day of New Year strike action on railways impact ScotRail services

The fresh strike begins on Tuesday

ScotRail services crippled as fresh strike action begins

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Compromise is the key to ending rail dispute - Scotsman comment

The rail strikes taking place this week

Rail strikes: Passengers warned travel only if “absolutely necessary”

Industrial action in February would mark the third time firefighters have gone on strike

Firefighters say strike action is ‘inevitable’ amid deadlock on pay

Strike action will cause travel disruption, ScotRail has warned.

ScotRail warns of travel disruption over Network Rail staff strikes

Rishi Sunak's government seem determined to crush the RMT and demonise its leader, Mick Lynch (Picture: Ming Yeung/Getty Images)

Kenny MacAskill: Tories' demonisation of unions contrasts with SNP's approach
There’s a real difference in how the Scottish and UK governments are handling the wave of strikes we’re now facing.

Passengers at King's Cross station in London following a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

Crowds left waiting at major train stations despite end of rail strike

Strike action beginning on Christmas Eve will severely limit rail services with people being advised to only travel if “absolutely necessary”, Scotland’s rail operator has warned.

ScotRail warns travellers of disruption over Christmas because of strikes

Rail passengers such as at Glasgow Central Station - Scotland's busiest - face significant disruption until at least January 7. Picture: The Scotsman

Rail strikes: Eight more days of disruption until end of New Year week

RMT members at Network Rail are striking over pay and conditions. Picture: John Devlin

Nicola Sturgeon: UK Government must immediate intervene in rail disputes

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

The Aslef Union has announced another walkout date in January. Credit: Getty Images

Train drivers union Aslef announce fresh day of strike action in 2023

Avanti West Coast, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Northern will be hit by the latest strike announced by train drivers' union Aslef. Picture: Pa

Rail services to be crippled for a week as train drivers announce fresh strike

The RMT says it expects the four days of pre-Christmas strikes to have a significant impact on Eurostar services from London St Pancras (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Eurostar cancel Boxing Day trips to Europe due to RMT strike action

The RMT union is pressing ahead with strikes (Photo: Getty Images)

Train strikes: How to get refunds for tickets affected by RMT strike

Mick Lynch clashed with Richard Madeley over Christmas rail strikes

'Why don't you interview yourself' Richard Madeley and Mick Lynch clash on GMB

ScotRail has warned passengers to expect massive disruption during the latest round of RMT strikes.

ScotRail warns of disruption ahead of latest rail strikes

Rishi Sunak shouldn't negotiate directly with union leaders, but ministers and officials should (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Tories must talk to unions over threatened strikes – Scotsman comment

RMT confirm Christmas strike action on Christmas and Boxing Day

The PCS are timing its road workers’ strikes with the RMT. Credit: Getty

Road workers are set to strike in lead up to Christmas- here’s when

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