no services whatsoever. now, the good news is after a week of strikes this is the last one. once this 48 hour strike by the rmt union finishes tonightjust before midnight there will be no more strikes for the foreseeable. there are no dates on the diary at all, but make no mistake this dispute is farfrom resolved. it s been rumbling on sincejune, of course. involves 40,000 members of the rmt union, this specific dispute. half of them work for the 1a rail companies and half of them work for network rail, which operates all of the signalling, the, sort of, plumbing of the system, really. now, it is overjobs, a pay rise and working practices. there is a pay offer on the table, of course, but it s some of those conditions that are really red lines for the unions. just for example, driver operated only trains. so it can t have escaped your attention if you take a train at the moment, the guards are the ones that open the doors and operate those. the companies want to update that, so they wa
is difficult and residents will be evacuated. a leading russian general said ukrainian troops using rockets were hitting the city s infrastructure and housing. meanwhile ukrainian officials have said more than a thousand towns and villages have been left without power after recent russian attacks. the rmt union has announced three further rail strikes next month in an ongoing dispute overjobs, pay and conditions. thousands of workers at network rail will walk out on the third, fifth and seventh of november. as part of a separate dispute, london 0verground and underground workers will also strike on the third. the government has urged china to explain the behaviour of its staff at the chinese consulate in manchester, during a protest which took place last sunday. conservative mp alicia kearns told the house of commons that she witnessed the chinese consul general ripping down posters during a peaceful protest. a hong kong pro democracy protester was also beaten up in the consulate gro
ground to a halt. just one in five trains were running today the impact felt across england, scotland and wales. picket lines at manchester piccadilly have become an all too familiar sight, as has disruption for passengers. i do understand about the strikes but it is causing a lot of complications especially with going to work and travelling and things like that. it is making it a lot harder to get around, more than usual. we took a. we took a bus instead. we took a bus from london to manchester. yeah. to manchester, because of the rail strike. - and then the bus. it was about. eight hours. yeah, it was supposed to be a four hourjourney, - and then it turned into eight hours. i we re going to take a taxi to blackpool, so that ll cost us like, that ll cost us 120 quid. 40,000 members of the rmt union at 15 rail operators walked out for the day mainly guards and signalling staff but, crucially, also those at network rail, which operates the tracks and signals. it s all part of a lo
series of disputes involving various unions overjobs, pay and working conditions. there have now been 11 strikes with no obvious end in sight. the issues are the same now as they were at the start of the dispute. we ve got nothing from these employers, who are acting on behalf of the government. and so, until we get an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. and that could go on well into next year? well, we don t want it to, but it could go on, you know, for an undefined period, but we d like to get a settlement and we ll be saying to the companies next week make us some offers that we can consider and then we can put to our members. unlike the rail operators, network rail has tabled a pay offer, which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we have significantly changed what we were proposing originally and we ll continue to have discussions, but i think what we need to see is compromise from the other side as well and some realism, frankly about the state of the rai
were running today the impact felt across england, scotland and wales. picket lines at manchester piccadilly have become an all too familiar sight, as has disruption for passengers. i do understand about the strikes, but it is causing a lot of complications, especially with going to work and travelling and things like that, it is making it a lot harder to get around more than usual. we took a bus instead. we took a bus from london. to get to manchester, because of the rail strike. and then the bus. it was about. eight hours. yes, it was supposed to be a four hourjourney, and then it turned into eight hours. we ve got to take a taxi to blackpool, so that i will cost us 120 quid. 40,000 members of the rmt union at 15 rail operators walked out for the day, mainly guards and signalling stuff, but, crucially, also those at network rail, which operates the tracks and signals. it s all part of a long running series of disputes involving various unions, overjobs, pay and working conditions.