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Eurostar rail workers to take seven days of strike action in August over work/life balance, says RMT union in UK Eurostar rail workers are to take seven days of strike action this month in a dispute over their work-life balance, the RMT union says.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Staff will walk out from 00:01 BST on 12 August until 23.59 BST on 15 August, and for three days over the Bank Holiday weekend from 27 August.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The union says the dispute is over unsocial hours and duty rosters for about 80 train managers.
Eurostar said it will try to run as normal a service as possible.
A spokesman said "everyone who wants to travel will be able to" and there should be no more than one or two trains cancelled each day.
The company added it has been planning for the possible strike action and is still in discussions with the RMT over the dispute.
'Quality time off'
The RMT says Eurostar has failed to honour an agreement from 2008 over conditions for their staff.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "Our train manager members at Eurostar have a heavy commitment to shift work and unsocial hours and are sick and tired of the company's failure to honour agreements.
"Our members have every right to have a fair work-life balance that fulfils the operational needs of the company while guaranteeing quality time off for friends and family.
"It's now time for Eurostar to come to the negotiating table with a set of proposals that honours our agreements and guarantees our members a genuine work-life balance."
The RMT announcement comes amid strikes by its members on Southern and Virgin Trains East Coast.
Southern Rail staff are in the midst a five-day strike over the role of conductors, while the RMT announced on Tuesday that its members on the Virgin East Coast line voted to walk out in a dispute over staffing changes.