More train strikes to hit UK this week - full dates and details

Train services throughout Greater Manchester and the UK will be hit again next week by more strikes and industiral action. Three days of strikes by members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will commence and members of the train drivers union, Aslef, are taking part in an overtime ban.

The RMT strikes are scheduled for July 20, 22 and 29 following more than a year of industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Station staff, train managers, guards, and catering staff at 14 companies will be involved in the action, with passengers advised to check their travel arrangements.

Members of Aslef, the train drivers union, are taking industrial action short of a strike in the form of an overtime ban. Most train companies rely on drivers working overtime to run their full schedules. Services to 15 companies based in England will be disrupted by the Aslef action from Monday July 17 to Saturday July 22. Many will reduce their service levels, and passengers are being advised to check before they travel.

The companies where members of the RMT union will be taking strike action are:

RMT union chief Mick Lynch has said he has not met a Government minister since January despite strike action continuing. Amid talks between ministers and other unions, Mr Lynch told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: “No contact. They seem to pick out the RMT as a special category where they can’t negotiate on a reasonable basis.

“We’re available to talk to them, but I don’t think I’ve met a Government minister since January, and even the employers now have stopped negotiating. So I don’t know whether they’re waiting for all this other stuff to be cleared out the way. We don’t know if there’s going to be