RMT threatens strike action over plans to change working practices to cut costs after Covid pandemic

Thousands of rail jobs could be axed by Network Rail under a shake-up of working practices to cut costs after the Covid pandemic, according to the industry’s biggest trade union.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) said it had “no alternative to move to a national dispute footing” to protect its members’ livelihoods and safety.

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