Posted on 06/21/2022 5:21:51 AM PDT by dynachrome
Britain is facing its biggest rail strikes in three decades after last-minute talks between a union and train companies failed to agree on pay.
Frustrated passengers in England, Scotland, and Wales are now dealing with severe disruption in what is the largest rail strike in 30 years as they scramble to find transport alternatives for their daily commutes.
Up to 40,000 staffers are staging a walkout on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week in protest over pay and job security.
This week’s strike will shut down most of the UK’s rail network, bringing the country to a complete standstill. Only about 4,500 of the usual 20,000 daily services are expected to run.
The London Underground was also mostly closed due to a separate strike, leaving passengers chaotically looking for other modes of transport to get them in and around the city.
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Best to not have to depend on Public Servants.
Petroleum at record highs for those driving!
Rails....GO ON STRIKE!
Godless liberalism is a bane on a modern society.
This rail strike will increase the odds of recession. Worldwide.
“””Up to 40,000 staffers are staging a walkout on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week in protest over pay and job security.”””
It does seem to be kind of a weird strike. Are the 40,000 workers going back to work on Wed, Fri, Sun, and Mon?
Entire nation? That entire nation is the same size basically as my nation. Kentucky.
“Best to not have to depend on Public Servants.”
FYI, the railways in the UK are privatised under franchising agreements with rented or privately purchased rolling stock; every so often, when a franchise owner is supposed to pay its dividend to the government in line with the contract, it mysteriously goes bust or gets caught with its hands in the till.
Examples: In 2006, GNER lost its franchise when its parent group ran into financial trouble. Last year, Southeastern services operator, Go-Ahead, lost theirs after a £25m government payment was not declared - they effectively claimed for a subsidy after already getting a subsidy, and that was a breach of the franchise agreement.
Big irony - our railway operators tend to be better run when the privatisation fails. There have been at least three occasions in recent years where a private operator’s handed the franchise back to the government and service levels improved.
Maybe so but try to take a train from Lexington to Louisville. To my knowledge, there is no passenger rail service in Kentucky whatsoever.
The UK's train service is extensive and even tiny towns have service. A lot of people don't have cars, so the rail service is necessary.
That’s why many of us don’t depend on public transporation. It can really screw you. Even when I live in the Seattle area I bicycle commuted to downtown. When I lived on the south end of mercer Island, I bicycle commuted to my IT contract in the U-district, and it took me ten minutes less than the bus. 😁
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