Eurostar: Strike action

[Cleoriff]

Bad news for  holiday makers using Eurostar this month. RMT have announced a 7 day strike is planned during August....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37031386

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Just throwing it out there....if a group of drunken yobs get on a train late at night...would a lone woman feel safe? Who would control these types of situations?...Certainly not a driver who has other responsibilities.

Also I don't believe for one minute the tale of no redundancies. I have heard it all before

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Exactly that. Ultimately someone is responsible.

[Cleoriff]

They discussed this on the Wright Stuff yesterday. During a phone in they spoke to two conductors. Very interesting to hear their take on this. (The lone woman scenario was one they raised)

[MI5]

Southern Rail have called off their proposed strike action.

[Marjo]

Ahh I'm travelling next week via Eurostar and almost panicked when reading this! My trip is on the next day after the strike ends...

[Cleoriff]

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@Marjo wrote:

Ahh I'm travelling next week via Eurostar and almost panicked when reading this! My trip is on the next day after the strike ends...

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Let's hope there isn't a backlog then @Marjo. They did advise people to phone first 

[Cleoriff]

Strikes have started today on Eurostar. Two planned today but authorities state it will only be a total of 4% of all trains and talks are ongoing...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37049260

[jonsie]

Fingers crossed that talks are successful and agreed quickly.

[Cleoriff]

Eurostar strikes are now on hold allowing talks to take place.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37062948

[MI5]

They didn't have any impact anyway!

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
They didn't have any impact anyway!

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No they didn't. Just two trains failed to run yesterday which had limited impact....and then they called the rest of the strike off....