UK Labour MPs Join Rail Strike Picket Lines in Defiance of Leader’s Plea

RMT union members stand on the picket line outside Glasgow Central Station, in Scotland, on June 21, 2022. PA Media

Several senior British Labour MPs have joined picket lines in support of the ongoing rail strike, despite warnings from Labour leader Keir Starmer’s office.

The Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers’ union (RMT) started a three-day nationwide industrial action on Tuesday. It said it wants to “shut down” the country’s railway network in what union leaders say will amount to the “biggest rail strike in modern history.”