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Ballots from eight groups increase likelihood of simultaneous action by three unions
Transport secretary accuses RMT union of ‘damaging lives of everyday hardworking people’
BA check-in staff at Heathrow vote to walk out during school holidays and rail talks break up without deal
Prepare to pay up — but also to play nice
Network Rail boss proposes polling staff directly on modernisation as Thursday action set to cripple services
Lower passenger numbers since Covid and outdated working practices have left hole in finances
Echoes of lockdown as employees work from home but business leaders warn of painful economic impact
TUC leader Frances O’Grady says workers nationwide are supporting industrial action
RMT union leader signals industrial action could spill over into other parts of the country this summer
Leader of RMT accuses government of blocking progress in negotiations
Grant Shapps calls industrial action ‘incredible act of self-harm’ ahead of walkouts next week
Network Rail chief plays down likelihood of resolving pay dispute before industrial action starts on Tuesday
Operators draft contingency measures such as a 12-hour-a-day service if unions vote for a full national strike
Backdrop of growing industrial unrest, as inflation erodes pay while many employers struggle to fill vacancies
UK transport secretary warns of consumer and industry boycott after company sacks staff
First walkout in almost five years comes as TfL’s finances take hit from pandemic
Dispute between ScotRail and RMT had posed threat to transport for next week’s global gathering in Glasgow
Accounts for UK’s second biggest commuter service raise questions over future
Union ballots members over fresh action in conflict over guards on trains
Industrial conflict is over the role of guards on the service into London’s Waterloo station
Increase comes despite year of poor performances and strikes
UK’s second-biggest commuter network faces major disruption in run-up to Christmas
Disruption to services risks festive chaos amid long-running dispute
Transport secretary also admits to teething problems on renationalised East Coast line
Train guards announce five days of action in long running dispute
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