Rail workers are to strike for three days in late June, in a move that is likely to halt much of the national rail network across Britain for a week. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has told members to prepare to “shut down the rail system” with strikes on 21, 23 and 25 June, after a ballot of 40,000 members last month resulted in staff at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies voting overwhelmingly for full-scale industrial action. Southeastern Railways train at Tonbridge, Kent, UK.

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