{"id":67557,"date":"2022-06-24T17:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/?p=67557"},"modified":"2022-06-24T17:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:34:54","slug":"day-2-the-great-rmt-strike-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/day-2-the-great-rmt-strike-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: The Great RMT Strike Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Millions for <\/b>Shareholders, cuts for rail workers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

TUC organise a general strike<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

By International Socialist League, Britain
\nThe RMT rail strike, day two, is growing in strength, with more RMT members and more solidarity on the picket lines. As we said in the \u201cDay 1 of the RMT national strike<\/a>\u201d, the lies that the RMT does not want to negotiate, that the pickets are going to act like thugs, that wage increases cause inflation or that the RMT only care about themselves is Tory, media, or bosses hot air.<\/span>
\nLast time we reported from London, Port Talbot, Stockport and Liverpool. On Day 2, we got a report by Matt from Cambridge: \u201cNo one maintenance worker went into work, 98% out at the station. A maintenance worker told me that ‘100% of the staff voted to strike\u2019, only managers\/TSSA are in, and some have switched to RMT.<\/em><\/span>
\n\u201cOne notable thing was that the pickets were saying that if they cave then it\u2019ll affect everyone else – they are clearly seeing it as a class question as opposed to a workplace dispute.<\/em>\u201d<\/span>
\nIn London, more trade unionists showing solidarity, such as UVW activists, were at the RMT picket line at Waterloo Station.<\/span>
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\nOn the question of money<\/b><\/span>
\nWe reported on Day 1 that the rail shareholders were paid \u00a3500 million last year, but that was for one company, the UK\u2019s largest train operator. Others include:<\/span><\/p>\n