Eurostar threat of bank holiday strikes

Workers at Eurostar have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay, threatening strikes over the August bank holiday weekend, it was announced today.

Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union voted by 82 to 37 in favour of walkouts.

The union will announce strike dates later this week, but warned of disruption over the August bank holiday weekend.

Eurostar said services would not be affected if strikes went ahead.

The union is complaining about pay differentials of around £4,000 (€5,900) between customer service and other staff based at Ashford in Kent and Waterloo in London.