EMR faces fresh strike dates as Class 810 dispute escalates
Industrial action is set to hit East Midlands Railway (EMR) after the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) confirmed a series of one-day strikes over ongoing safety concerns surrounding the operator's new Class 810 trains.
Train managers represented by the union will strike on 1, 8 and 15 August after more than 97% of members who voted backed industrial action.
The dispute has been running since April, with the RMT claiming EMR has failed to address concerns over the reliability and operation of the Hitac... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
