if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news ukraine is on verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk, its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistleblowers call for an independent panel to investigate. one, two, three, four. dance music plays. star dj fatboy slim holds a music workshop to help people with mental health problems. and prince william.
services will operate but whole swathes of the country where there are no lines have no services at all. the dispute is between the rail, maritime and transport workers union and the companies which run britain s railways: it s centred on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. our business correspondent colletta smith has this report. it s been the quietest of starts at stations across britain with services starting late, if at all. from tiny commuter platforms to the biggest station concourses, puzzled passengers faced a skeleton timetable in some areas, while north of edinburgh, much of wales and many coastal towns have no service at all. i should have been on a train but i ve had to get a national express now. so i m on trains every day of the week for myjob, so i don t support it at all, no. while stations may be quiet inside, there s plenty happening outside. the rail union rmt are striking over pay and redundancies, and have plans for more to come.
midnight, they won t be going because the rmt has instructed its members not to sign on for shifts between midnight and midnight, so there will be shortages of staff through the night and into tomorrow morning. that means operators of network rail can very possibly run fewer services than possible. there may be other things that also need sorting out overnight that won t get done, so the bottom line from all of this is tomorrow, we will see reduced timetables and possible disruption too. figs reduced timetables and possible disruption too. $5 i reduced timetables and possible disruption too. reduced timetables and possible disruption too. as i was saying, we are exoecting disruption too. as i was saying, we are expecting more disruption too. as i was saying, we are expecting more talks disruption too. as i was saying, we | are expecting more talks tomorrow. do you think there is any chance they are going to bear fruit? because this is notjust about a pay claim, is it? you are n
thatjust helped boost profits for private businesses, subcontractors and operators who they claim made £500 million in profit last year. on top of that, there is the cost of leasing passenger carriages and other vehicles to so called rolling stock from private companies. the rmt say that that is out those fears make a record £3 billion in revenue in 2021. we ask network rail in the department for transport about that figure, they say they weren t sure how it would ve been calculated and could have provided an alternative. everyone agrees at the rail industry needs reforming. there are still big questions about how that stunk about where the money is saved or invested and how best to predict demand to make the service fit for the future. well, let s take a look now at how the disruption today has been affecting people s lives this report by richard galpin. there are no trains- from this station today. earlier this morning,
so i don t support it at all, no. while stations may be quiet inside, there s plenty happening outside. the rail union rmt are striking over pay and redundancies, and have plans for more to come. i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we will have to look at what campaigns we re going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin to this dispute on the railway. the government could have made a move to settle this dispute, but instead they are escalating it. the lies that they are telling about railway workers and the railway industry are outrageous, but they can t resist it because this is a government that s a stranger to the truth. more than 40,000 union members from network rail and 13 train firms have walked out in the dispute. they say the government is the hidden hand blocking negotiations. but the mood music from the cabinet this morning shows little hope of a deal