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Rail workers vote to strike - with huge disruption set to hit network in coming weeks

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Railway workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, threatening massive disruption to the network in the coming weeks.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 15 train operators backed launching a campaign of industrial action.

The union’s leaders will now decide when to call strikes, which will bring huge parts of the network to a standstill. The union said it was the biggest endorsement for industrial action by railway workers since privatisation.

A total of 71 percent of those balloted took part in the vote with 89 percent voting in favour of strike action and 11 percent voting against.

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