Southern asked its followers on the messaging service to put pressure on the RMT union over planned industrial action Luke MacGregor / ReutersA train operator faced an angry backlash from commuters today after an attempt to gain Twitter users’ support during a trade union dispute appeared to backfire. Southern Rail asked followers to send messages to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) as part of a long-running row over the role of conductors to “tell them how rail strikes make you feel”. It came as the operator, part of Britain’s biggest rail company, gave the RMT three days to agree to a deal designed to end the dispute, including promising a £2,000 lump sum to all conductors. The deal may be…

Source: The Times October 03, 2016 10:52 UTC