'It's just a game by the unions' Transport Sec grantshapps says he will not step in to resolve railway strikes, even if they rumble on. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
A Labour MP has donated £2,000 to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union's strike fund.
The couple’s had booked a train to London on Friday but it was cancelled just over a week ago due to the strike, so they decided to travel almost 200 miles by car. He added that their requests are"perfectly reasonable" and called on the government to"come to the table or allow the employers to come to a settlement".
As we told you in our previous post, a rally has been taking place outside King's Cross St Pancras in London. Speaking to the crowds, she criticised her party for not picking a side in the dispute. Mr Shapps said the railway network needs to"move with the times", listing off the working practices he said were"holding it back".
The survey of 2,000 people, carried out by Opinium on behalf of the RMT union, found fewer than one in five people supported cuts to staff on trains and stations. But National Rail accused the union of taking a"strike first, negotiate later" approach and said the RMT's lead negotiator had"spent more time on telly than at the table this week".
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