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Train drivers at 16 rail companies to stage fresh strikes over bank holiday week

Source: PA Wire

Train drivers at 16 rail companies are to stage a fresh series of strikes in their long-running pay dispute, disrupting travel in the week of the May bank holiday.

Members of will walk out on May 7, 8 and 9 at different operators and ban overtime

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