Date: 15/12/2017

Virgin rail workers are taking part in a 24-hour strike, in the first of a number of walkouts across the UK. Rail, Maritime and Transport union and Transport Salaried Staffs Association members on Virgin Trains West Coast are striking over pay and staffing. Virgin said it had offered a 'significantly above inflation pay rise', but unions rejected it.

External links

Virgin Trains staff hold 24-hour strike

BBC News

The walkout by Virgin Trains West Coast workers is the first of a number of UK rail staff strikes.