Another miserable day of travel is underway as trade unions continue their campaign of strike action. More to come this weekend. Employees at
Network Rail, major rail companies,London Underground and the capital's buses are set to leave in the coming days.
This is part of a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions that has continued all summer and shows no signs of ending.
On Thursday, members of Network Rail's Rail, Shipping and Transportation (RMT) union and 14 rail operators, members of seven company's Transportation Salary Staff Association (TSSA), and NR's Unite Members go on strike.
This will have a ripple effect on Friday morning rail service.
Also on Friday, RMT members and London Underground's Unite exited, while Unite members of the capital's London United bus line were embroiled in another payment dispute.
On Saturday, his RMT members of Network Rail and 14 rail operators, his TSSA members of seven companies and Unite members of NR will go on strike again, along with London United bus drivers. .
Sunday morning train operations are affected by the ripple effect of Saturday's action.
Only about one-fifth of rail services run between 7:30am and 6:30pm on Thursdays and Saturdays, and the network shuts down completely for the evening .
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch defiantly insisted that the strike continue until a better offer is made by his members.
Union leaders accused the government of "interfering" in the bargaining process and "will not tolerate being bullied or tricked into accepting open deals for their members."
He said:
"Tube bosses are secretly negotiating with the government to cut costs by cutting jobs and undermining working conditions and pensions.
39} “Network Rail has also threatened to impose forced layoffs and a dangerous 50% cut in maintenance work if it does not withdraw its strike.'s terms of service and considering driver-only operation."
Transportation Secretary Grant Shaps said the union was working together and was "hell." Dedicated to causing as much misery as possible to the very same taxpayers who set aside £600 per household to ensure no rail workers lose their jobs during the pandemic. 44}
Network Rail Chief Executive Officer Andrew Haynes said:
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