Train drivers strike on Friday at the invitation of the Aslef union, while maintenance and control workers strike on Saturday at the invitation of the RMT union.
Rail companies have announced the delay of a number of trains and the cancellation of flights following the strike, which is part of the social conflict which has lasted for months in the United Kingdom and is not limited not in this area.
Nursing workers, paramedics, civil servants and other professions went on strike for several days due to rising living costs and double digit inflation.
While the less representative unions have finalized their demarches, Aslef and RMT have so far rejected proposals to raise salaries by 4% for this year (after a similar increase last year), accompanied by changes to the conditions of employment. work.
“We don’t want to go on strike,” Mick Whelan, general secretary of the Aslife union, told the BBC. “We don’t want to come to this, but after four years without a pay rise, we feel we have no choice.”
He accused the government of fostering “bad faith” and a “lack of dialogue” with unions and of tying companies’ hands in negotiations.
Train drivers are planning another strike for May and June.
The Secretary of State for Transport responsible for railways, Hugh Merriman, told Sky News the proposal on the table was “pretty good”. He also denounced the consequences of strikes which could disrupt the arrival of people to attend the Eurovision Song Contest (Eurovision) to be held on Saturday in Liverpool and the arrival of Manchester City and Manchester United supporters in London on 3 June for the FA Cup final.
“It is regrettable that cultural and sporting events have been targeted, especially these two events,” he said.
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