Northern rail strikes start today
Another round of strikes is hitting railways in the North, as Arriva Rail workers launch their latest round of industrial action.
The RMT union and Northern reached a stalemate in discussions yesterday over the role of a the guard on trains, leading to strike action today across its network.
RMT warned that crime could increase if the guards are phased out, calling it a “scandal”. They pointed to parliamentary answers that showed that 333 of the 527 stations that Northern service are unstaffed. It said on Wednesday that Nort... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
