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Royal Fleet Auxiliary workers stage fresh strike in ongoing dispute over pay
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers are walking out on Tuesday in a fresh strike over pay as the union said the one-year deal offered was 'wholly unacceptable'
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P&O Ferries boss 'couldn't live on £4.87 hourly wage paid to some workers'
Pete Hebblethwaite, who revealed he earned £508,000, including a bonus of £183,000 last year, repeatedly insisted P&O’s workers were not being exploited in a grilling before MPs
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Labour rubbishes claims party is preparing to weaken workers' rights plans
Labour's 'New Deal for Working People' includes banning zero-hours contracts, ending fire and rehire and boosting sick pay - triggering concern among business leaders who fear it will mean higher costs
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Labour vows to renationalise railways within five years to make journeys better
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has announced a best-price ticket guarantee that will save passengers money and automatic money back if trains are delayed
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Network Rail's 3.5% pay increase to thousands of employees rejected by RMT union
RMT said it had refused the pay increase, adding that the benchmark measure of inflation used for negotiations is the November RPI figure which was 5.3%
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CrossCountry rail strike suspended after progress in union recognition row
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union were due to walk out on Saturday
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London Overground workers strike action called off after new pay offer made
'The dispute is not over but we have made sufficient progress to suspend the action next week' said Mick Lynch, general secretary of RMT
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Londoners warned not to travel next week as strikes mean 'little to no Tube'
Members of Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are set to walk out on separate days between January 7 and 12, with various London Underground services affected
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Huge train strikes breakthrough as RMT accept pay offer weeks before Christmas
RMT union members have backed a deal to end their strikes, but there will still be major disruption on the railways in the coming days as a different union stages industrial action
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'I was flashed on train platform - our boys must be taught better at school'
Being flashed on public transport isn't something any of us should put up with, writes Polly Hudson
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Train strike breakthrough as Christmas and New Year chaos set to be avoided
The RMT union announced it had reached an outline agreement with train companies in a dispute that has dragged on for 18 months and caused chaos for millions of commuters
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Rail worker safety fears as ticket office closures may send staff abuse soaring
Insiders say staff at stations and on trains endure a daily torrent of abuse from passengers, and many worry the situation could get even worse if ticket counters are shut down
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Ticket offices 'could be spared' as watchdogs want bosses to agree concessions
The Daily Mirror is fighting to block the mass closure of 974 ticket officers across England, highlighting the impact on passengers, especially the elderly, and disabled
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US investor I Squared to acquire London's red bus operator Arriva
The German owner Deutsche Bahn secured the sale, understood to be worth around 1.6 billion euros (£1.4 billion), after lengthy efforts to offload the firm to reduce its debt
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Tube strikes planned over two days this week called off
Strike action due to take place from Wednesday on the London Underground has been called off, the RMT union has confirmed, citing significant progress made in negotiations
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Full list of October 2023 train strikes – where and when services are out in UK
Members of RMT and ASLEF unions are striking this week amid a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, with walkouts coinciding with the Conservative Party annual conference
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'Serious concerns' raised in train ticket office closures months ago by watchdog
London Travelwatch, one of two bodies scrutinising the proposals, branded what was proposed at the time 'unacceptable' with issues including difficulties for disabled passengers
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Rishi Sunak told to stop cull of rail ticket offices in major demo outside No10
Hundreds of campaigners took the fight to the PM’s doorstep as they joined a rally outside Downing Street. They marched through Westminster from the Department for Transport to No10
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Inside towns left desolate as pubs, banks, libraries and swimming pools close
Whether shopping online or using self-scan tills at the supermarket, there's less human interaction in everyday life - and closing rail ticket offices will increase it
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Rail firms admit elderly and disabled at risk of crime if ticket offices close
Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers
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'Tories only know price and profit - not the real value ticket offices have'
This Government seems hellbent on taking away everything of value the country has to offer and either giving it to the super-rich in the form of profit or throwing it in the bin
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Ticket office closures 'could put lives at risk' as rail users left without help
The RMT's Mick Lynch said the plan to shut ticket counters at 974 stations across England would result in vital staff members being cut, leaving vulnerable passengers without support
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Mick Lynch blasts 'age and disability discrimination' over ticket offices plan
The union chief said proposals to shut 974 offices at stations across England will heavily penalise those passengers who don’t want to buy tickets from station machines or online
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Holiday chaos as roads are jammed and train stations deserted amid rail strike
Motorists faced delays of up to two hours at Dover as people tried to cross the Channel, and at Folkestone there was a five-mile tailback that extended into the town itself
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Passengers face railway chaos as workers strike - full list of affected services
Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are walking out for the day in a dispute over pay and working conditions, leading to a widespread cancellation of services