Mick Lynch, one of the UK's most influential union leaders in recent history, has announced he is retiring. Mr Lynch is stepping down from the helm of the RMT (Rail Maritime and Transport Workers) union aged 63.

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Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT

Mr Lynch steered the union through fierce pay strikes in 2022 and 2023 before securing a new deal.

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The firebrand leader said he was proud to have served the Rail, Maritime and Transport union

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Mick Lynch to retire as RMT general secretary

Mick Lynch has announced his retirement as general secretary of the country’s biggest rail workers’ union.

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UK rail workers’ union leader Mick Lynch announces retirement

UNION boss Mick Lynch who crippled Britain with rail strikes has retired after 30 years. The 63-year-old said “now it is time for change” after dragging workers part of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) group through years of “struggle”. Lynch served two terms as assistant general secretary and two terms on the union’s national executive committee executive before packing it in. It was previously reported he was on a whopping £124,000-a-yea…

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Union boss Mick Lynch who crippled UK with rail strikes announces retirement

Mick Lynch, one of the UK’s most influential union leaders in recent history, has announced he is retiring. Mr Lynch is stepping down from the helm of the RMT (Rail Maritime and Transport Workers) union aged 63. He served as general secretary since 2021. Money blog: Major mobile company increasing bills next month Under his […]

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Mick Lynch, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) General Secretary, has announced his retirement whilst gloating that the union "defeated" Tory plans under his leadership.The 63-year-old served in the RMT in many capacities over 30 years, most recently being elected General Secretary in 2021.Lynch said that it has been a "privilege" to be a part of the RMT, but "now it time for change".“This union has been through a lot of struggles in r…

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RMT boss Mick Lynch announces retirement as he gloats union 'defeated' Tory plans

In one instance, while engaged in a standoff over the union strikes, Rishi Sunak accused Mick Lynch of being "a Grinch". For his part, Lynch had declared ahead of UK elections that the removal of the Tory government under Sunak was his "number one priority"

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Mick Lynch, RMT union boss who clashed with former UK PM Rishi Sunak, retires

MICK Lynch has announced his retirement as general secretary of the UK's biggest rail workers’ union...

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Rail workers' union leader Mick Lynch announces retirement

Mick Lynch, the RMT general secretary who gained national notoriety during a series of train strikes in recent years, is to retire. Lynch, 63, was elected general secretary in 2021 after previously serving two terms as assistant general secretary and another two on the union’s national executive committee executive. The union boss has become a well-known figure after being the face of RMT strikes since his election to the top job. Lynch, a quali…

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RMT union boss Mick Lynch to step down

During the rail strikes in Britain in 2022, Mick Lynch went from being virtually unknown at the time to something of a celebrity in a matter of days.

RMT union boss Mick Lynch announces retirement

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