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London, July 28 (TIWN) More than 40,000 railway workers across Britain are taking a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, bringing another day of widespread delays and cancellations.
UK-based iNews has covered the strike as “Britain’s biggest rail strike in almost a century.” The source of the conflict appears to be the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union scheduling a planned walkout at the Network Rail and 13 Train operators for June 21, 23, and 25.
Financial Times stated the operation would see 40,000 workers not show up for their positions, reducing Network Rail’s capacity to 4,500 trains from more than 20,000. A Press Release on the RMT website states the union will walk out “due to the inability of the rail employers to come to a negotiated settlement with RMT.”
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