Mick Lynch has held a large rally outside Downing Street to protest against the planned closure of railway ticket offices.
Industry body the Rail Delivery Group plans to close nearly every ticket office across England in the coming years in a bid to "modernise customer service", with proposals unveiled in July.Mr Lynch, who has become a prominent public figure in recent years amid repeated railway strikes, led a protest rally to Downing Street on Thursday evening to voice displeasure at the planned closures.
"Everywhere we go, all the community assets are being hollowed out in the name of profit, in the name of modernisation.""We're going to stand up for ourselves, not rely on the professional politicians, and the shysters," he said."Let's have a working class movement that serves our interests that serves our people are waiting for our class solidarity. Let's get in before the rain comes.
Hundreds of people opposing the proposed closure of almost 1000 railway ticket offices in England marched to Downing Street today.Speaking to Andrew Marr in July, Mr Lynch also expressed concern about the closures being a marker of greater "dehumanisation" to come for railway services in the future. "What they’ll put forward is some half-hearted commitments that 'we’ll try to get an assistant to you', but if you’re disabled, if you’re an a elderly person or somebody who's just worried about their journey, there will not be a guaranteed person there.
He went on: "This is about maximising profits, these train operating companies have made profits throughout the pandemics and throughout the strikes when they subsidise.
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