Woman's Job Offer Withdrawn Because She Uses Southern Rail

A Southern Railway passenger has had her job offer withdrawn because she would be relying on the strike-hit service to get to work, according to her MP.

Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, branded the behaviour of unions as "selfish," with "catastrophic" consequences.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he said:

"Some commuters have lost jobs or become sick with worry.

"Last week, one of my constituents had a vital job offer withdrawn when the employer realised she would travel on Southern.

"Passengers are routinely arriving at work or returning home hours late, straining their jobs and family life."

All Southern services will be halted for three days next week and for six days in January, with passengers due to face the biggest delays for years on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday next week.

Around half of Southern's trains are already being cancelled because of a drivers' overtime ban and a strike by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a separate row regarding the roles of conductors on the service.

Southern said that they are only able to run around 50 per cent of the usual 2,284 train services in London and across the south east.

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