Union threatens ‘biggest rail strike in modern UK history’
by Jane Clinton and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#5YBXE)
RMT to ballot more than 40,000 workers at Network Rail and train firms in dispute over jobs and pay
More than 40,000 railway workers are to be balloted in a dispute over jobs and pay that a union says could result in Britain's biggest rail strike in modern history.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said staff would be asked to vote on strike action over Network Rail's plans to cut at least 2,500 maintenance jobs as part of a 2bn reduction in spending on the network.
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