Overwhelming vote for strike action as British railway relations hit the buffers
UK trades union members have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. The result of a nationwide ballot was announced late on Tuesday evening, giving unions a mandate to call their members out in what has been likened to the biggest national strike in almost a century. The ballot of members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, commonly known as the RMT, returned an 89 per cent vote in favour of strike action, on a turnout of 71 per cent of the membership. Action could begin as early as June and could well target the Queen’s Jubilee weekend.
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