Mick Lynch: Last News

It’s been a hell of a week on the country’s railways. As the biggest rail strikes in 30 years entered their third day on Saturday, around 80 per cent of services have been cut, and the country’s train stations resemble ghost towns.

ScotRail have warned of more ‘significant disruption’ on Scotland’s rail network today following the second day of strike action.

Piers Morgan, 57, has taken aim at Dan Walker, 45, in a blistering social media rant shared with his 7.9 million Twitter followers. In his furious attack, the former Good Morning Britain star branded the Channel 5 News and former BBC Breakfast presenter “the world’s most boring interviewer”.It came as Piers reposted a video of an interview shared by Dan Walker, which saw him speaking to Mike Lynch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).The clip, which saw the pair discuss the ongoing transport strikes in the UK, was captioned: “We live in the age of the jabby, confrontational interview & the RMTs, Mick Lynch, has had a few of them.“If you treat people with respect, you can still ask tough questions & get decent answers allowing your audience to make their own minds up @5_News”Along with his retweet, Piers added a string of laughing face emojis and wrote: “Is there anyone more deluded in world television than Desperate Dan..

Gemma Owen is no longer the only Love Island star in the villa with famous parents after bombshell Antigoni Buxton made a surprise entrance in Tuesday’s episode. Owen, 19, who is the daughter of former England footballer player Michael Owen, looked visibly shocked along with the other female islanders who clocked Buxton’s arrival.

Train services will continue to be disrupted today as the knock-on effects of Tuesday's rail strike affect the timetable. It comes as talks are set to resume between the RMT union and bosses in attempt to resolve a bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

Today has marked the first day of the UK-wide RMT rail strikes, which has slowed ScotRail operations to a near-halt with just five services running.

Good Morning Britain viewers say they were left 'cringing' following Richard Madeley's opening comment to rail trade unionist Mick Lynch. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) general secretary was on the I TV news programme to talk about the rail strikes which is causing chaos across the country.

Last-ditch talks have failed to resolve the dispute over pay, jobs and conditions meaning thousands of rail workers will walk out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The strikes are the biggest outbreak of industrial action on the railways for a generation.

the RMT union announced that “over 50,000 railway workers will walkout as part of 3 days of national strike action later this month, in the biggest dispute on the network since 1989”.The nationwide strikes are due to take place on June 21, 23 and 25, which means that those travelling to Worthy Farm for Glastonbury 2022 – held from June 22-26 – may face disruption. Other events affected the same week include the British athletics championships in Manchester and Elton John and The Rolling Stones‘ BST Hyde Park concerts.Responding to the planned strike, Michael Kill, CEO of the NTIA, said: “The announcement of UK wide train strikes has sent a shockwave throughout the industry, over concerns for staff and public safety, and the potential impact on trade.”“Limited Rail services across the UK will leave many stranded at night, compromising safety with very few alternative transport services available.”Kill added: “The transport infrastructure within the night time economy is vitally important to our recovery post pandemic, particularly as we move into peak summer season for festival and events, and a critical time for tourism, who rely heavily on public transport.”RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said of the strike: “Railway workers have been treated appallingly and despite our best efforts in negotiations, the rail industry with the support of the government has failed to take their concerns seriously.“We have a cost-of-living crisis, and it is unacceptable for railway workers to either lose their jobs or face another year of a pay freeze when inflation is at 11.1% and rising.

Scots are set to be hit by further rail chaos later this month after it was confirmed the biggest strike in 30 years will go ahead.

Glastonbury Festival may have to reconsider their travel plans as national rail strikes were confirmed for three days in late June.The RMT union announced that “over 50,000 railway workers will walkout as part of 3 days of national strike action later this month, in the biggest dispute on the network since 1989”.The nationwide strikes are due to take place on June 21, 23 and 25, which means that those travelling to Worthy Farm for the festival from June 22-26 may face disruption.Other events affected the same week include the British athletics championships in Manchester, and Elton John and The Rolling Stones‘ BST Hyde Park concerts.RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Railway workers have been treated appallingly and despite our best efforts in negotiations, the rail industry with the support of the government has failed to take their concerns seriously.“We have a cost-of-living crisis, and it is unacceptable for railway workers to either lose their jobs or face another year of a pay freeze when inflation is at 11.1% and rising. Our union will now embark on a sustained campaign of industrial action which will shut down the railway system.”He continued: “Rail companies are making at least £500m a year in profits, whilst fat cat rail bosses have been paid millions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rail passengers the length and breadth of the UK face a summer of major disruption after workers voted for the biggest strike more than 25 years. As the Manchester Evening News reported last night, members of the RMT union backed industrial action over pay, conditions, 2,500 Network Rail maintenance job cuts and reforms that the union claims will lead to a wave of ticket office closures.

Railway workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, threatening massive disruption to the network in the coming weeks. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 15 train operators backed launching a campaign of industrial action.

Several demonstrations are set to take place on Friday (March 18) in response to to P&O Ferries “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. The company blamed the move on losses of £100 million during the coronavirus pandemic.

MPs in Greater Manchester have reacted with fury after ferry giant P&O made 800 crew members redundant across its entire fleet for agency workers.

London Underground for two days next week.The RMT Union confirmed on Thursday (February 24) that its 10,000 members would strike next Tuesday (March 1) and Thursday (March 3) in response to what it sees as a threat to jobs and pensions.Talks aimed at averting the strike failed, according to the RMT.The strikes are planned to start at one minute past midnight on March 1 and March 3 respectively, and will each last 24 hours.Tube chiefs have warned commuters to expect “severe disruption across all Tube lines” with little or no service across the network.They’ve also warned that the disruption will have a knock on impact on Wednesday and Friday, when morning rush hour services are expected to also be “severely impacted”.RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Our members will be taking strike action next week because a financial crisis at London Underground has been deliberately engineered by the Government to drive a cuts’ agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten their working conditions and‎ pensions. The sheer scale of that threat was confirmed in talks on Wednesday.“These are the very same transport staff praised as heroes for carrying London through covid for nearly two years, often at serious personal risk, who now have no option but to strike to defend their livelihoods.“The politicians need to wake up to the fact that transport staff will not pay the price for this cynically engineered crisis.

An environmental protest is to be led by transport workers who have accused the Scottish Government of a "betrayal" of their Cop26 climate ambitions with cuts to public services.

Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to personally intervene to resolve a rail dispute which could see staff strike during the COP26 climate change summit.