1.   He was conditionally discharged by Newcastle magistrates in December after admitting assaulting railway worker John Beach.

2.   True, railway workers in Moscow and air-traffic controllers have voiced support.

3.   Last night railway workers looked likely to go ahead with their strike.

4.   The railway workers have come out in sympathy with the miners.

5.   Talks between striking railway workers and the Polish government have broken down.

6.   There were strikes in June by railway workers, employees of the giant Faur engineering factory, taxi drivers, teachers, doctors and other medical personnel.

7.   The miners were joined by striking railway workers, who halted freight traffic.

8.   While railway workers in England and Wales would suffer the brunt of redundancies, any severe job losses would be bound to have a knock-on effect in Scotland.

9.   The NUR has traditionally advocated a single union for railway workers, but this has been strongly resisted by ASLEF.