National rail strike in Britain blocked by court injunction

London - A British court Thursday blocked a national rail strike that would have paralyzed the country's rail network next week.

The High Court in London granted an injunction to employers Network Rail to prevent strike action from next Tuesday - the day Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to call a general election.

The planned four-day strike would have been the first to hit the national rail network in 16 years.

The court ruled that there were irregularities in the ballot held by members of the RMT rail and maritime union giving overwhelming support to strike action.

The RMT says that planned cost cutting by Network Rail would make Britain's rail system unsafe.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/316783,national-rail-strike-in-britain-blocked-by-court-injunction.html.