1.   The deal pre-empted a strike by rail workers.

2.   Rail workers rally in London in protest about privatisation plans.

3.   Rail workers have voted for a twenty-four hour strike over job losses.

4.   Rail workers who feared the loss of their pensions after privatisation have been told that their money is safe.

5.   Mr Knapp warned passengers and rail workers alike their fate was in their own hands if they voted for candidates supporting privatisation.

6.   The declaration came as hundreds of retired rail workers lobbied MPs at Westminster over Government plans for their pension scheme.

7.   Although that package is more generous than expected, Chaney at Morgan Stanley in Paris said he expected the rail workers to continue striking.

8.   Earlier this month, for example, rail workers in France staged a daylong strike to protest government plans to restructure the unprofitable state-owned SNCF line.

9.   It led rail workers to success in getting the government to scrap plans to increase the amount that public-service workers contribute to their own retirement.