Rail and Tube strike chaos looms.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 17, 2004 | Copyright information

THE prospect of co-ordinated strikes on the railways and London Underground was raised last night after the industry's biggest trade union announced it was balloting thousands of Tube workers for industrial action in a row over pay.

The Rail Maritime & Transport Union is already balloting workers at Network Rail in a dispute over pensions which threatens travel chaos on mainline trains ...

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