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| Southern railway is taking legal action to try to stop a series of strikes which are due to start on Tuesday, according to the union at the centre of the bitter dispute over the role of conductors. | Southern railway is taking legal action to try to stop a series of strikes which are due to start on Tuesday, according to the union at the centre of the bitter dispute over the role of conductors. |
| The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it had received a legal challenge, just hours before the start of a three-day walkout. | The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it had received a legal challenge, just hours before the start of a three-day walkout. |
| Union members on Southern are due to strike from one minute past midnight on Tuesday, causing fresh travel misery for passengers. | Union members on Southern are due to strike from one minute past midnight on Tuesday, causing fresh travel misery for passengers. |
| On Monday, Mick Cash, the union’s general secretary, said: “RMT can confirm the receipt of a formal legal challenge from Southern rail in the guards’ safety dispute. | On Monday, Mick Cash, the union’s general secretary, said: “RMT can confirm the receipt of a formal legal challenge from Southern rail in the guards’ safety dispute. |
| “It is appalling that rather than sitting down with us at Acas today to seek a resolution, the company have chosen to run to the courts under the cloak of the anti-union laws. | “It is appalling that rather than sitting down with us at Acas today to seek a resolution, the company have chosen to run to the courts under the cloak of the anti-union laws. |
| “The union intends to continue with the planned action and is examining the details of the paperwork. We will issue a further statement in due course.” | “The union intends to continue with the planned action and is examining the details of the paperwork. We will issue a further statement in due course.” |
| A Southern spokesman said: “On Friday, they told their conductor members to accept a deal, and then tomorrow they plan to strike against it. | |
| “It is a situation which will leave our passengers baffled, and in that context we are presently considering all possible options to stop the strike.” |