a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when they re at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. tens of thousands of rail workers will stage three days of national rail strikes later this month, the rmt union has announced. it ll be the largest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation and will shut down the entire rail network in england. with all the details i m joined by our correspondent, jon donnison. talk to us first of all about when this is going to happen. we know there are three days. this is going to happen. we know there are three days. promises to be hu:el there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers l there are three days. promises to be| hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers in total across 13 different train operating countries and the london u
continue a pay freeze when as we all know we have inflation running it close to 10%. we have a statement from the general secretary of the rmt thing we have a cost of living crisis, not suitable for real workers to lose herjob surveys another year a pay freeze when inflation is running he says 11.1%. many will wonder as well when a time when fewer are using the railways and there is a cash squeeze there, is this the most sensible action that they can be taken? something has to give clearly but i wonder what the government is saying about all of this because we have had a response from them tonight. the transort response from them tonight. tie: transport secretary response from them tonight. tue: transport secretary called it incredibly disappointing this action and you are right, the government position is a pandemic has meant people s travel habits have changed so they are saying ticket sales are down 25%. in effect that means the taxpayer has been bailing out the railways to keep the