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| Virgin Trains strikes: Walkouts before Christmas and during January have been cancelled, announces train company | Virgin Trains strikes: Walkouts before Christmas and during January have been cancelled, announces train company |
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| On the eve of the busiest travel day of the winter, a planned strike on Virgin Trains has been called off. | On the eve of the busiest travel day of the winter, a planned strike on Virgin Trains has been called off. |
| The RMT and TSSA unions have agreed to call off the industrial action planned for Friday by on-board and station staff in a dispute over parity with train drivers. | The RMT and TSSA unions have agreed to call off the industrial action planned for Friday by on-board and station staff in a dispute over parity with train drivers. |
| Virgin Trains had published an emergency timetable. A one-day strike on 15 December caused significant disruption, cutting about one-third of services. | Virgin Trains had published an emergency timetable. A one-day strike on 15 December caused significant disruption, cutting about one-third of services. |
| The firm hopes to run a full schedule on Friday, but recommends passengers still check their journey is running, because the rosters put in place for Friday must be completely re-drawn. A revised timetable will not be live on Virgin Trains website until the early hours of the morning. | The firm hopes to run a full schedule on Friday, but recommends passengers still check their journey is running, because the rosters put in place for Friday must be completely re-drawn. A revised timetable will not be live on Virgin Trains website until the early hours of the morning. |
| Virgin Trains’ managing director, Phil Whittingham, said: “We’ll do everything we can to run a full service on Friday 22 December, but because the strike has been called off at the last-minute there may be some cancellations. | Virgin Trains’ managing director, Phil Whittingham, said: “We’ll do everything we can to run a full service on Friday 22 December, but because the strike has been called off at the last-minute there may be some cancellations. |
| Future strikes on 5, 8, 26, 29 January 2018 have also been called off. | Future strikes on 5, 8, 26, 29 January 2018 have also been called off. |
| The dispute was about what the RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, called “justice and equality and against the divide and rule approach of Virgin”. | |
| A strike by staff on CrossCountry Trains planned for 23 December and Christmas Eve is set to continue, in a row about rostering. | A strike by staff on CrossCountry Trains planned for 23 December and Christmas Eve is set to continue, in a row about rostering. |
| Strikes over driver-only operation are planned for the last week of the year on Greater Anglia and South Western Railway, and on a wide range of operators early in January. | Strikes over driver-only operation are planned for the last week of the year on Greater Anglia and South Western Railway, and on a wide range of operators early in January. |