on talking business. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatme
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journalist dom phillips. and coming up at 6.30 all the day s sport, including leicester tigers dramatic win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it, £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pande
and coming up at 7.30, all the day s sport, including leicester tigers dramatic win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it s serious about trying to find a solution which gives people a decent pay rise, but is also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers. the strikes on three days will cause disruption across england, scotland and wales. our business correspondent, vishala sri pathma, reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or indeed go to work, the strikes are notjust disrupt