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Rail, airline strikes prompt disruption for UK travellers

Rail, airline strikes prompt disruption for UK travellers | iNFOnews.ca
A plane takes off as British Airways planes wait at Heathrow Airport during a 48-hour cabin crew strike in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) A

LONDON – Southern Railways train drivers and British Airways cabin crew members have walked off the job, touching off fresh disruption for travellers the day after a subway strike caused misery across London.

Rail passengers in southern England faced the most disruption, with only a handful of trains operating in the latest episode of a long-running dispute over safety. Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to get to work.

Unite union members at BA started a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay. BA says 22 flights in and out of Heathrow out of some 800 in all would be cancelled Tuesday.

The strikes came a day after subway workers walked off the job, crippling central London as unions increasingly show a willingness to strike in disputes.

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