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HISTORICAL FACTS: 31 - Caught on Camera

Who is RMT union boss Mick Lynch? And what has he said about the rail strikes?

Mr Lynch took part in a series of eye-catching media appearances in with Sky News host Kay Burley, Tory MP Jonathan Gullis and Labour's Baroness Chapman

Wales Online

Who is Mick Lynch? Meet the trade unionist showing up the London media

STRIKES are underway across Britain’s rail network after a last attempt at talks between unions and rail bosses failed on Monday.

The National (Scotland)

Rail strike: Hugh Laurie praises RMT union boss Mick Lynch for ‘cleaning up’ in interviews

Union chief had a series of fiery clashes on TV yesterday (21 June)

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Angry commuter blocks bus too full to stop for new passengers during rail strike

Tempers were running high in the capital on the first of a series of transport strike days this week

The Independent UK

This rail strike is also a battle for public opinion – and No 10 is fighting dirty

With Johnson’s media allies sticking to his cynical script, unions must have a plan to woo the public as well as defy their adversary

The Guardian - UK

When is the UK train strike? Dates, times and everything you need to know

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

The Independent UK

Rail chief earns 20 TIMES wage of train guard as more than half of Brits back strikes

Network Rail chief Andrew Haines earned an annual salary of nearly £600,000 last year with many train guards earning £30,000 as those on the picket line say strike action was a last resort

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Rail union’s ‘militant’ strikes will not win seven per cent pay rise, vows Dominic Raab

Londoners have been warned not to travel until mid-morning as the network recovers from a day of strike action

Evening Standard

North East commuters endure huge delays to journeys as many services ground to a halt

Rail strikes saw services shut down by 6.30pm amid one of the biggest industrial disputes for decades

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson warned against ‘race to bottom on pay’ as rail strikes hit millions of travellers

Prime minister says UK must ‘stay the course’ to prevent wage hikes fuelling inflation

The Independent UK

UK rail strikes – the truth behind the claims and counter-claims

From accusations of ‘RMT intransigence’ to ‘government meddling’ behind the scenes, we check the facts

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch clashes with Kay Burley in TV strike interview as RMT union boss says: ‘Your questions are verging on nonsense’

The union chief said he ‘couldn’t believe the line of questioning’ from the Sky News host as rail workers began the biggest industrial action in a generation

Evening Standard

Scots more supportive of RMT rail strikes than rest of UK, YouGov poll finds

Services across Scotland were impacted because of the strikes, but Scots are supportive of RMT union members taking to the picket line

The National (Scotland)

Rail union boss slams Tory MP for ‘talking nonsense’ in live TV clash over train strike

‘Working people are being ripped off,’ RMT head Mick Lynch argues

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Daily Record

Rail strikes in Scotland 'could last months' as SNP demands UK Government takes action

The last train from Euston to Glasgow left at 1.30pm with most lines across Scotland seeing no passenger services at all on Tuesday.

Chronicle Live

Train journey planner website crashes as millions suffer travel chaos and surge in road traffic amid rail strike

Only a fifth of trains are operating today (June 21) and half of all lines are closed

The Independent UK

‘More pigeons than people’: Empty train stations across the UK as rail strike cripples services

Deserted platforms and packed double-deckers on the first day of train strike

Evening Standard

Striking Tube workers insist shutting Underground is not driven by pay

Daniel Randall, assistant chair of the RMT Bakerloo branch, emphasised the Tube strike - unlike the national rail strike - was not about pay

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Nottingham Post

ITV Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley accused of talking 'twaddle' over rail strike

Mick Lynch was live from the picket line at London Euston Station

Evening Standard

Strike? What strike? Top Tories attend ball with Abba tribute night before walkout

Conservative ministers were on Tuesday criticised for attending a lavish summer ball the night before Britain was hit by the rail strikes.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson pits rail strike workers against public and says Brits can't have pay rise

The rail strike was the top of the agenda in Boris Johnson's Cabinet meeting as he said workers were “aggravating” the nation’s teenagers, workers and pensioners - and rebuffed calls for a proper pay rise this year, leading to fears of a Summer of Discontent

Daily Record

Rail strike explained as tens of thousands walk out in biggest train strike in decades

Services across Scotland and the rest of the UK will be heavily disrupted over three days this week.

Daily Mirror

Rail strikes explained - why are RMT workers striking and what it means for Labour and the Tories

Millions of Brits are facing travel chaos as the Government goes to war with unions. But what's it all about? Here we sort the facts from the politics on the rail strikes

Chronicle Live

Why rail workers are on strike and what the RMT has been offered to settle dispute

The dispute is about pay, jobs and conditions, including a row over a below-inflation pay increase, safety and redundancies

Daily Record

Boris Johnson braces travellers more misery as PM backs plan for strike-breaking agency workers

The Prime Minister told cabinet colleagues that strikes could continue through the summer as Downing St brought forward plans allowing companies to recruit replacement staff.

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