The ‘Chad’ Mick Lynch

In a week of historic strike action, the RMT media strategy presents a much-needed fighting spirit, writes James Meechan

Striking rail workers vilified by establishment

This week begins one of the largest strikes of railway workers since 1989, as 50,000 RMT members and associated workers walk out on three separate days over disputes on pay freezes, non-compulsory redundancies, and in a separate dispute over pensions and job losses from the London Underground workers