Rail workers threaten to strike.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 13, 2008 | Copyright information

THE threat of the first national rail strike for 14 years, which would cripple train services across Britain, was raised yesterday when the industry's biggest union announced it was balloting 17,000 workers for action.

The Rail Maritime and Transport Union said maintenance and signalling staff would vote over the next week on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action in two separate disputes.

The result of both ba...

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