Eurostar train managers to strike for seven days - UK union

Train managers on the line linking Britain to continental Europe will strike for seven days in August, part of a dispute over working too many unsocial hours, but only one or two trains will need cancelling, service operator Eurostar said. Britain's RMT union, behind an ongoing strike on rail lines in southern England, said the Eurostar action would take place over two weekends, from 2301 GMT on Aug. 12 to 2259 GMT on Aug. 15, and from 2301 GMT on Aug. 27 to 2259 GMT on Aug. 29. Eurostar said it