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GREAT WESTERN rail services are in chaos as control room staff stage a 48-hour strike over pay, job security and conditions.
The workers downed tools for two days alongside revenue protection, clerical and other management grade staff.
Great Western operates services between London Paddington, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Oxford, Cardiff and other destinations.
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes said that the strike “proves the strength of the union’s industrial muscle.”
Mr Cortes said: “Thanks to our ongoing campaigns of organising control room staff, including at GWR, our union now has the power to bring the network to a standstill.
“We do not strike lightly but our brilliant members remain determined to get a fair deal on pay, job security and conditions in the face of cuts, economic collapse and a cost-of-living crisis at the hands of this chaotic Tory government.”
He called on new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan to intervene to force rail operators to the negotiating table.
