One Railway faces RMT strike action over sacked guard

One Railway is facing a strike by 800 guards, revenue protection officers and station staff after the RMT union voted in favour of action to support a sacked guard.

One said its contingency plans enabled it to run a normal service during local strikes last month by 100 staff, and it hopes to run a near full service if a company-wide strike ensues. The dispute started when the guard was sacked for assaulting a passenger who had refused to stop smoking, threatened passengers and staff and...

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