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Nine out of 10 of the train drivers balloted for continued industrial action over the next six months have voted to strike. They are members of the Aslef union, which is involved in a 19-month ...
The latest national industrial action by train drivers, comprising an overtime ban and “rolling” regional walk-outs, hit for nine days from 29 January to 6 February.
On RMT strike days, around half of the network will shut down, with only about 20% of normal services running. Trains that do run will start later and finish much earlier than usual – with ...
Rail companies and unions representing workers have been negotiating since 2019 when the contracts were up for amendment. [1] In January 2022, BNSF Railway implemented a points attendance system named "Hi Viz" that a union president called, "the worst and most egregious attendance policy ever adopted by any rail carrier."
The strike was followed by the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest march to the Indian capital New Delhi. On 30 November, "tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters ... [were] demonstrating at several road junctions". [7] By 3 December, BBC News estimated the number of farmers blocking New Delhi in the hundreds of thousands. [8]
Railway workers are to resume strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions, threatening fresh travel chaos for passengers. Members of the drivers union Aslef at 12 companies will ...
Delhi–Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor (Delhi–Varanasi HSR) is India's second High-speed rail project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor. The 958-kilometre (595 mi) HSR corridor will connect Varanasi to Delhi through 13 stations along with a 123 km long spur connecting Lucknow and Ayodhya.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will now press ahead with two 48-hour strikes at Network Rail – and 14 train companies – from Tuesday and Friday.