Some 40,000 Network Rail and train operator workers will go on a weekend strike, their union has announced.
RMT set the new date, Saturday, October 8, as part of a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and working conditions. The 24-hour action, which will effectively shut down the railway network, will follow two pre-planned strikes already running on October 1 and 5.
General secretary of the RMT, Mick Lynch, said it was encouraging THAT new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP had met with the union.
