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Llanelli railway station, pictured in 1971, was where the strike originated. The Llanelli riots of 1911 were a series of events precipitated by the National Railway Strike of 1911 . Mass picketing action at Llanelli railway station was brutally suppressed by the police , [ 1 ] resulting in the deaths of two men, shot dead by troops of the ...
The 2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes were an industrial dispute between rail workers and companies, with the latter supported by the UK government. The rail workers are represented by several unions including the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF).
The main rail union, the RMT, has instructed all its members working for 14 train operators to strike on Thursday 16 March, Saturday 18 March, Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April.
The government were keen to ensure that the railways would not be shut down. The Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith told the rail companies that police and troops would be deployed to help keep the trains running. Troops were "marched into London and 32 other towns in England and Wales". [4]
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It would remain the worst train crash in New South Wales history for just under 51 years until the Granville rail disaster of 1977 which left 84 people dead in Australia's worst rail disaster. September 23 – Japan – A Tokyo- Shimonoseki limited express derails at Hataga river bridge in eastern Hiroshima , in an incident caused by heavy rain ...
The mobs burned and looted railroad cars and fought police in the streets, until 10 July, when 14,000 federal and state troops finally succeeded in putting down the strike, killing 34 American Railway Union members. Leaders of the strike, including Eugene Debs, were imprisoned for violating injunctions, causing disintegration of the union. [23]