The Ticket Collector

RMT and TSSA station staff strike, June 26th.

We have received information that Notwork Rail station staff will be striking for 24hours from noon on Thursday June 26th at 19 mainline stations in London and across the country next week in a dispute over compulsory redundancies.
Furthermore Notwork Rail staff will as of 1am Thursday 26th refuse to train, supervise or familiarise non-stations staff with station roles until further notice.

The TSSA and RMT unions said the action by around 330 managers, supervisors and other staff would cause “widespread disruption”.

A senior Notwork Rail spokesperson claimed that “it is prepared for the dispute and that passengers would not be affected”, just as a flying pig flew past their office window. “We’ve got contingency plans in place,” the spokesperson continued to whine. “We’ve got fully trained people who will be able to operate the stations so that the passengers won’t notice any disruption.”.
The spokesperson refused to confirm or deny if the fully trained people were agency staff.

The 24-hour strike will run from noon on June 26 and will hit stations including:
Birmingham New Street, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Edinburgh Waverley, London Euston, Fenchurch Street, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow Central, London King’s Cross, Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, London Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Manchester Piccadilly, London Paddington, London St Pancras, London Victoria and London Waterloo.

The unions said members were taking the action after Network Rail refused to guarantee there would be no compulsory redundancies in a reorganisation of station management.