A week of rail strikes

SIR – The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has applied its usual guerrilla tactics in calling a strike for three alternate days (June 21, 23 and 25). This will, in effect, paralyse the network for a week.

Consequently, ministers should take the opportunity to confront such militancy by shutting the railways down for the full five days (June 21-25).

This would enable customers to plan alternatives and minimise inconvenience while maximising the loss of income for those choosing to strike.

Fraser Pithie

Kenilworth, Warwickshire

SIR – Railway workers are going on strike to protest over their pay and working conditions.

Perhaps members of the public would be more sympathetic if they were informed exactly what pay railway workers receive and told which working conditions were so bad as to render them unacceptable. Joyce Bellingham

Hassocks, West Sussex

SIR – Surely even the RMT can see that announcing three non-consecutive days of strikes will simply result in commuters working from home, and long-distance travellers planning accordingly.

Alan Belk

Leatherhead, Surrey