UK Rail Union’s Christmas Strike Plan ‘Incredibly Disappointing’: Downing Street

Many services were cancelled owing to the rail strike at Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, on June 21, 2022. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The decision by the UK’s biggest rail workers’ union to stage strikes over the Christmas period is “incredibly disappointing,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman has said.

The Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) confirmed on Tuesday that its 40,000 members will walk out from 6 p.m. on Dec. 24 until Dec. 27, one day after the union urged workers to reject the latest pay offer from rail companies.