More Rail Strikes ‘Very Likely,’ UK Union Boss Warns

More Rail Strikes ‘Very Likely,’ UK Union Boss Warns
Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) on the picket line outside Edinburgh Waverley train station, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 27, 2022. Katharine Hay/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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A British trade union boss has said it is “very likely” to see more rail strikes as the government and train operators have been unable to satisfy the unions’ demands.

The UK’s rail network has been paralysed yet again on Saturday after tens of thousands of members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT), the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), and the Unite union walked out in a dispute over pay, jobs, and conditions.