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May 5th - More rail strikes are on the way
May 5th - More rail strikes are on the way
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7 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2023
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"Mind the gap," says King Charles in the Royal travel announcement that is playing out at stations across the kingdom this weekend. Does he mean the void between the train and platform – or the wide-as-ever gap between the rail unions and the government? More strikes next weekend, and overnight the RMT union announced that members had voted 91% in favour of continuing industrial action. What’s going on, what are the warring sides saying, and why is Saturday 13 May significant (apart from the obvious: Eurovision)?This podcast is free, much like my weekly newsletter - subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
May 5, 2023
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