UK train drivers, London Tube workers hold strikes

National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

LONDON — Train drivers here, members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, began three days of strike action Jan. 10, protesting Southern Railway’s move to impose driver-only-operated trains, which undermines safety and eliminates jobs.

Southern guards (conductors), members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT), have also walked out several times. The RMT and another union at the London Underground struck Jan. 9 against job cuts (above).

— PAMELA HOLMES