Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week
The 24-hour strike by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff cancelled about four-fifths of passenger services across the country. A third walkout is planned for Saturday as part of Britain´s biggest and most disruptive railway strike in 30 years.
The strike is a headache for those who can´t work from home, as well as for patients with medical appointments, students heading for end-of-year exams and music lovers making their way to the Glastonbury Festival, which runs through Sunday on a farm in southwest England. The strike pits the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union against 13 privately owned train-operating companies and the government-owned National Rail. Talks between union representatives and employers ended in deadlock Wednesday. The union accused Britain’s Conservative government of scuttling the negotiations.
“Every time we get close, there´s some kind of maneuver somewhere outside of the room with people that we´re not talking to, that has an impact on what´s going on inside the room,” Eddie Dempsey, the union’s deputy general secretary, said.
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