A militant rail union boss was today accused of having his ‘hands around the windpipe of the country’ after more than 35,000 rail workers in Britain voted in favour of strikes which could begin within weeks by mid-June.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators have backed launching a huge campaign of industrial action, and the organisation’s leaders will now decide when to call strikes.
The move last night paves the way for a ‘summer of…
