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Over 40,000 Railway Workers To Be Balloted

[IMG][/IMG] Over 40,000 railway workers on Network Rail and 15 train operating companies (TOCs) will be balloted for strike action in what RMT has called "potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history." Network Rail intends to cut at least 2,500 safety critical maintenance jobs as part of a £2bn reduction in spending on the network. Staff on the TOCs have been subject to pay freezes, threats to jobs and attacks on their terms and conditions. [Read Full Article]