News / 'Disastrous' cuts to UK track maintenance may signal 'biggest rail strike in history'

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21/04/2022

Some 40,000 UK workers at Network Rail could stage “the biggest rail strike in modern history” – a response to pay freezes and a threat to the jobs of some 2,500 workers, largely maintenance.

Between 26 April and 24 May, the staff will vote and, if ...

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