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RMT announce fresh rail strikes amid rolling industrial action by drivers
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) (sixth left blue jacket), 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, March 18, 2023
RAIL union RMT cautioned that a prolonged spell of industrial action may be on the cards as leaders announced fresh strikes over pay yesterday.
More than 300 London Overground workers will go on strike for 48 hours on February 19 and again on March 4.
Security, station, revenue and control staff are set to walk out after Arriva Rail London offered a below-inflation pay deal.
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