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Simon Calder

EXPLAINED: Train strikes 2023 everything you need to know about august rail industrial action 9edbe9cc 7b7a 482d a0b6 18ae2c33deca | Rare Historical Photos

Simon Calder

Fourteen months on from the start of the first national rail strikes since the 1980s, the disputes between the main rail unions and train operators over pay, jobs and working conditions appear as intractable as ever.

July saw the resumption of industrial action aimed at more than a dozen rail firms, which has continued into August.

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