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Workers warn transport bosses that strikes would cripple the rail network across Wales
A person holding train tickets at Waterloo train station in London, March 3, 2023

RAIL workers in Wales warned transport bosses today that a planned strike ballot will cripple the rail network across the country.

Rail union TSSA is to ballot its members in fleet management at Transport for Wales (TfW) for strike action.

The union is in dispute with the company over so-called “bolt-ons” — additional payments covering shift work. 

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