{"id":66367,"date":"2022-06-25T11:24:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T10:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=66367"},"modified":"2022-06-25T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T10:24:47","slug":"striking-rail-workers-picket-outside-cardiff-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/06\/25\/striking-rail-workers-picket-outside-cardiff-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking rail workers picket outside Cardiff Central"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rail workers have been picketing outside Cardiff Central station, as they strike for three days across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Striking rail workers picket outside Cardiff Central\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" 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