Docklands Light Railway strike dates announced by RMT [BBC News]





Date: 23/01/2014

The RMT union has announced two 48-hour strikes on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The union said there has been a "total breakdown of industrial relations" between staff and the operator Serco. The first strike will begin on 29 January. The second will start on 4 February and coincide with the first of two 48-hour strikes on the Underground.


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The RMT union announces two 48-hour strikes on the Docklands Light Railway in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

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