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There aren t any more full strikes in the diary, and unions have to give two weeks notice of action. but further walkouts are very possible. and after today s strike by rail workers in the rmt, the train drivers union aslef has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday the 5th of august, and again from monday the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the train compa ny s latest offers back in the spring, which set out changes to ways of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry continue to insist their proposals were fair and have given no indication they ll change them. there s going to be a wide variation of disruption that customers will face across the country, and there ll be in some areas no service at all. clearly, we ve been negotiating with the leadership of the rmt for over a year now and it s real. it s a real shame that the o ....
In certain parts of the country, certainly towns and city centres. you know, the last week we ve had sort of three strike days that affect the rail. we ve had an overtime ban during the course of that week. we know that we ve lost around £340 million worth of sales across the uk. now, it s getting better. we are seeing more trade coming through and being sustained, but it s still down at least 30 to 40% each time we have a strike day, and cumulatively over the course of the year, that s more than £3.5 billion of sales that the industry has lost. right now, there aren t any more full strikes in the diary, and unions have to give two weeks notice of action. but further walkouts are very possible. and after today s strike by rail workers in the rmt, the train drivers union aslef has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday the 5th of august, and again from monday the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some p ....
And again from monday, the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the train compa ny s latest offers back in the spring, which set out changes to ways of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry continue to insist their proposals were fair and have given no indication they ll change them. there s going to be a wide variation of disruption that customers will face across the country, and there ll be in some areas no service at all. and another is only around half of the service that people would normally expect, with some trains starting later and finishing earlier than they would do normally. so i d really encourage customers to check before they travel, before setting out tomorrow. clearly, we ve been negotiating with the leadership of the rmt for over a year now and it s real. it s a real shame that the offer that we made to them worth 13% in terms of an increase in pay for ....
Sort of three strike days that affect the rail. we ve had an overtime ban during the course of that week. we know that we ve lost around £340 million worth of sales across the uk. right now there aren t any more full strikes in the diary, and unions have to give two weeks notice of action. but further walkouts are very possible. and after today s strike by rail workers in the rmt, the train drivers union aslef has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday the 5th of august, and again from monday the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the train compa ny s latest offers back in the spring, which set out changes to ways of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry continue to insist their proposals were fair and have given no indication they ll change them. clearly, we ve been negotiating with the leadership of the rmt for over a year n ....
But further walkouts are very possible. and after today s strike by rail workers in the rmt, the train drivers union azlef has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday, the 5th of august, and again from monday, the 7th to saturday the 12th of august. those are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the train compa ny s latest offers back in the spring, which set out changes to ways of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry continue to insist their proposals were fair and have given no indication they ll change them. there s going to be a wide variation of disruption that customers will face across the country, and there ll be in some areas no service at all. and another is only around half of the service that people would normally expect, with some trains starting later and finishing earlier than they would do normally. so i d really encourage customers to check before they trav ....