Last week, Union Bosses made a grim declaration.

Let's just bring you some breaking news regarding the RMT Union, which is saying thousands

of rail workers will stage three days of strike action later this month.

This will be the biggest strike on Britain's railways since the 1980s, bringing the network

close to a standstill.

Next week, the country's railway network is set to grind to a halt.

As the railway maritime and transport union stages three days of strikes, more than 40,000

railway workers will walk out, making it the biggest strike in a generation.

Once this herald a new era of industrial action in Britain, especially if other unions

start following suit, and what can the strikes of decades pass?

Tell us about the challenges we face today.

You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times.

I'm Jenny Cleeman.

Today, why are they striking?

The signal is never good in the bowels of this building, is it?

No.

And the coffee.

You'd think with journalists, you'd think they'd get those two things right, but no.

No.

And the good-ish coffee is so expensive in here, but anyway.

And was never available to me at the time of the morning when I needed it when I was

patric.

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