Rail union boss Mick Lynch has called for workers to support striking staff at the Trade Union Congress.

Lynch, secretary general of the RMT, said that Brighton’s workers should back those walking out for better pay.

In return, he added that rail workers would support others who have been striking including postal workers and BT workers, who are on strike on Thursday, October 20.

Speaking at the Congress at the Brighton Centre, Lynch said: “What we would like the people of Brighton to do is support railway workers in their struggle. We’ve got the posties and the BT workers out at the moment and they all need support from the public.

“When it’s their turn if they work in health education or the private sector the rail and postal workers will be there with them side by side so we all need to be working together in solidarity.

“We need a congress that is lively, vibrant and in tune with where workers are. I think we’re getting there. It will be good if we turn what we talk about into action.”

The Argus: Mick Lynch spoke in support of striking workers at the Trade Union CongressMick Lynch spoke in support of striking workers at the Trade Union Congress

Lynch’s comments come after the RMT recently announced a further round of strike action which is set affect Brighton and the UK.

The strikes are scheduled to be held on Thursday, November 3, Friday, November 5 and Sunday, November 7. Around 20% of services are expected to run on those days.

This will be the latest in a number of rail strikes which have been running since June over pay disputes.

A number of trade unions have been coming out on strike in recent months as a result on increasing political unrest and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

Lynch added that workers needed “a change of attitude and a change of stance” from train companies in order to support their members to receive the pay that they were asking for.

Speaking at the TUC, Labour leader Keir Starmer pledged to repeal “anti-trade union legislation” and to support those who are striking.

Speaking before Prime Minister Liz Truss's resignation yesterday, Sir Keir began his speech by making reference to the chaos in Westminster.

“With everything going on, I’m a bit nervous to turn my phone off for half an hour or 45 minutes,” he said.

“We really don’t know will have happened by the time we turn it back on.”

He said the events in Parliament the evening before had been “even by their standards, a new chaotic low”.

Sir Keir said that his own sister, a care worker, “struggles to make ends meet” amid the cost-of-living crisis.

“The Prime Minister is completely out of touch with the reality of the British economy,” Sir Keir said.

“She doesn’t care about the distribution of wealth in Britain, She hasn’t U-turned on that…

“Working people will not be better off because we make the rich, richer.

“It’s pure dogma – the world has moved on from these discredited ideas. And every day the Tories stick to them, is another nail in the coffin of Britain’s economic credibility.”

He added: “Britain deserves better, Britain cannot afford the chaos of the Conservatives any more, we need a general election now.

“Never again can Britain take seriously their claim to be a party of aspiration or sound money.”

Starmer also called for a general election just hours before the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss.