Coverage dated June 19, 2022 to June 20, 2022

British Rail Workers Go on Strike

Headline from Voice of America

Stoppage is country’s largest rail strike in decades

Voice of America's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

17 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Guardian

    UK faces biggest rail strike in 30 years (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Disruption to start on Monday evening before RMT walkouts stop trains in much of northern and south-west England, Wales and Scotland

  2. Voice of America

    British Rail Workers Go on Strike (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Stoppage is country’s largest rail strike in decades

  3. The Guardian

    Train strikes: transport secretary claims biggest rail walkout in 30 years is ‘a stunt’ – live updates (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Grant Shapps says government will not get involved in solving rail dispute as commuters face massive disruption on UK railways and London Underground

  4. The Buffalo News

    UK rail strike strands commuters, pits workers against govt (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    Tens of thousands of railway workers have walked off the job in Britain, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country’s biggest transit strike in three decades. About

  5. Al Jazeera

    Biggest railway strike in 30 years strands commuters in UK (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    More than 40,000 workers strike over cost-of-living crisis, forcing commuters to work from home or find other routes.

  6. Triblive

    U.K. rail strike strands commuters, pits workers against government (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    LONDON — Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country’s biggest transit strike for three decades. About 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff held a 24-hour strike, with two more planne…

  7. NBC News

    Travel chaos as biggest rail strike in 30 years hits U.K. (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Some 40,000 rail staff walked out for the first of three days of labor action this week in a battle over pay and conditions that comes amid a drastic rise in the cost of living.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    UK rail workers stage biggest strike in 30 years | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Britain's biggest rail strike in decades has brought parts of the country to a standstill. Workers are walking out in protest at below-inflation pay rises as the cost-of-living spirals upwards.

  9. France 24

    ‘Mass disruption’ hits UK as rail workers launch biggest strike in decades (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Rush-hour commuters in the UK faced chaos on Tuesday as railway workers launched the network's biggest strike in more than three decades, forcing people to trek to work on foot, by bike, bus -- or simply…

  10. The Guardian

    UK rail strikes: what is happening? (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Biggest stoppages in decades involving 40,000 Network Rail staff could spread across public sector

  11. The Guardian

    Rail strikes: passengers face disruption as Britain’s biggest walkout in decades begins (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Network Rail and train operator staff walk out on Tuesday, beginning what is expected to be almost a week of cancellations and delays

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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