Railway services, airports and doctors are all set to go on strike during the month of August. These strikes comes shortly after bus, train drivers, junior doctors and civil servants went on strike in July.
much earlier than usual. another strike is expected next saturday. the rmt at the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, so the aim is to affect leisure travel. so today s strike on a saturday and next weekend s again will have a big impact on people who are thinking of taking days out, and there ll be a real skeleton service operating. the drivers union, aslef, its work to rule, where drivers are refusing to work overtime, is having a longer impact. it s seeing a few services withdrawn by a lot of companies every day. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel as
an hour wait in york. normally it is a direct train. the level of disruption will vary around the country. many services will end for the day much earlier than usual. another strike is expected next saturday. the rmt at the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, so the aim is to affect leisure travel. so today s strike on a saturday and next weekend s again will have a big impact on people who are thinking of taking days out, and there ll be a real skeleton service operating. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over two million britis
skeleton service operating. the drivers union, aslef, its work to rule, where drivers are refusing to work overtime, is having a longer impact. it s seeing a few services withdrawn by a lot of companies every day. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over two million british holiday makers will head overseas this weekend. the port of dover will be under scrutiny again, after long delays before easter and last summer. the port says it s made changes to ease the queues, but there could still be waits of up to two and a half hours at border controls. after last