- Boris Johnson will use a speech today as part of efforts to reset his leadership and tell Britons "things will get better". But could we be facing a summer of chaos, as unions threaten further strike action?
Union leaders have vowed to take "coordinated" action not seen since the 1926 General Strike ahead of a series of walkouts intended to cause chaos on railways, roads and at airports.
...Unite announced a coordinated strike on the
- London Underground and at
- Transport for London on the same day RMT members will bring the national rail network to a halt.
- A third rail union, the TSSA, is also planning to ballot members.
"We will co-ordinate our action," said Manuel Cortes, the TSSA general secretary.
"It'll be a summer of discontent, no doubt." Chief reporter Robert Mendick reports that railway workers earn 70 per cent above the national average."
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