Britain RMT Strike to Go On
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The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said there had been no breakthrough in the negotiations on pay, jobs and conditions.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) confirmed industrial action would go ahead on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to continue the pressure.
Next week’s rail strikes could devastate Britain’s post-Covid recovery and cost key industries over a billion pounds, the Government has been told.
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, which organised a rally by thousands of people in London, has been met with applause and cheers as she gave a speech to the crowd in Parliament Square.
She said: “I have seen the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has threatened rail workers that they will strike themselves out of a job.
“Well, you are wrong Mr Shapps: if you keep stirring, come the next election, you will be out of a job.”
Ms O’Grady added: “Let me say this to Boris Johnson: don’t you dare shift the blame for inflation on to working people.
“Don’t you dare, not after a decade of austerity, privatisation and pay cuts.
“Don’t you dare tell working families we have to put up with more pain.
“What about bankers’ bonuses? What about the boardroom raking it in? What about corporate profits?
“It is time to raise taxes on wealth not workers.”
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) confirmed industrial action would go ahead on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to continue the pressure.
Next week’s rail strikes could devastate Britain’s post-Covid recovery and cost key industries over a billion pounds, the Government has been told.
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, which organised a rally by thousands of people in London, has been met with applause and cheers as she gave a speech to the crowd in Parliament Square.
She said: “I have seen the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has threatened rail workers that they will strike themselves out of a job.
“Well, you are wrong Mr Shapps: if you keep stirring, come the next election, you will be out of a job.”
Ms O’Grady added: “Let me say this to Boris Johnson: don’t you dare shift the blame for inflation on to working people.
“Don’t you dare, not after a decade of austerity, privatisation and pay cuts.
“Don’t you dare tell working families we have to put up with more pain.
“What about bankers’ bonuses? What about the boardroom raking it in? What about corporate profits?
“It is time to raise taxes on wealth not workers.”