submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to f
coming up, after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s no easy way out for either side. the government has boxed themselves into a corner to a large extent, and i think that s predicated on the
for use in a contraceptive pill for men. they say it works by temporarily stopping sperm from propelling itself. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s n
in large parts if we d stayed in the european union. now, he didn t win that election, so it s academic. it s a moot point, but also the idea that you can t have nationalisation, de facto nationalisation, of train and rail networks across europe is obviously nonsense, because it is de facto nationalised in italy, in france, in germany. it s subject to liberalisation. so, you must allow competitors into that industry. and that s true of all of the public sector industries. i m going to interrupt. ..under the four freedoms. a couple more issues before we end, we ve hardly any time. you mentioned corbyn, former leader of the labour party. today s leader is keir starmer. do you care whether keir starmer wins the next election? ie, would you use your influence and weight with workers across this country to fight for a keir starmer win? absolutely, i want the labour party and keir starmer to win the election. keir starmer will be the candidate obviously, so. because he doesn t back your stri
have nationalisation, de facto nationalisation, of train and rail networks across europe is obviously nonsense, because it is de facto nationalised in italy, in france, in germany. it s subject to liberalisation. so, you must allow competitors into that industry. and that s true of all of the public sector industries. i m going to interrupt. ..under the four freedoms. a couple more issues before we end, we ve hardly any time. you mentioned corbyn, former leader of the labour party. today s leader is keir starmer. do you care whether keir starmer wins the next election? ie, would you use your influence and weight with workers across this country to fight for a keir starmer win? absolutely, i want the labour party and keir starmer to win the election. keir starmer will be the candidate obviously, so. because he doesn t back your strike, at least he. that s fine. ..wouldn t let his own shadow cabinet go on the picket line. it won t have an effect one way or the other, or any other celebri