By Charley Adams
BBC News
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Workers at Network Rail and 14 educate operators are to strike for one other two days in August in a row over jobs, pay and stipulations, the RMT union has stated.
Participants of the union will stroll out on 18 and 20 August.
The RMT had already launched a strike for 27 July, the day earlier than the Commonwealth Games opens in Birmingham.
It comes after hundreds of educate operator and Network Rail group walked out in a nationwide strike in June – the excellent of its kind in decades.
One at a time, educate drivers at eight rail firms have also agreed to strike on 30 July in a dispute over pay, union Aslef has stated.
At some level of the strikes in August, some 40,000 group right thru Network Rail are anticipated to trek out.
RMT total secretary Mick Lynch stated the executive and rail commerce desired to label that the “dispute will not be going to merely vanish”, calling for a pay provide which “helps deal with the worth-of-residing disaster, job security for our members and gives true stipulations at work”.
Mr Lynch told the BBC’s On the unique time programme that union representatives had “made some progress” with Network Rail on terms surrounding job security and quite about a matters, however added the wages equipped had been “not true sufficient”.
“Now we have also got the topic that the educate working firms, which is half of this dispute [involving] 20,000-plus members, have not made any provide at all.”
Mr Lynch stated he believed the public modified into once “factual at the back of us”.
“Every person is getting poorer in this country and every person deserves a pay rise,” he added.
He stated the union modified into once birth for talks with rail firms and modified into once planning to fulfill Network Rail bosses on Friday morning.
When are the rail strikes?
Wednesday 27 July: RMT group, including guards and signalling group, employed by Network Rail and 14 rail firms will stage a 24-hour walkout. Saturday 30 July: Divulge drivers at eight educate operators who’re members of Aslef union will dash on strike over pay. Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August: RMT group will stroll out again if dispute not resolved.Divulge operators serious about RMT union strikes
Chiltern RailwaysCross Nation TrainsGreater AngliaLNEREast Midlands Railwayc2cGreat Western RailwayNorthern TrainsSouth EasternSouth Western RailwayTranspennine ExpressAvanti West CoastWest Midlands TrainsGTR (including Gatwick Negate)Andrew Haines, chief executive of Network Rail, stated: “By announcing even extra strike dates, the RMT has dropped any pretence that right here’s about reaching a deal.”
He stated basically the most interesting pursuits of passengers and group is taking “2nd living to the union’s bosses’ political marketing campaign”.
Earlier this week, Network Rail made group a singular pay provide it stated modified into once price extra than 5% – however the provide trusted group accepting “modernising reforms”.
Mr Haines beforehand stated Network Rail would possibly per chance well well well simplest fund a pay lengthen from its possess budgets. He stated it would possibly per chance well actually per chance well well simplest have sufficient cash to operate that by modernising the working practices.
A Department for Transport spokesman stated the strikes is known as a “kick in the enamel for hundreds and hundreds of alternative folks”.
“Because the secretary of yelp stated simplest the day earlier than this day, unique talks have merely been for gift whereas the RMT had been planning how simplest to build further misery for passengers right thru the UK.”
They stated the rail commerce “has to modernise and be introduced into the 21st century” and “we’re extremely upset to factor in extra strikes launched”.
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Image caption, RMT total secretary Mick Lynch stood at wooden lines out of doors Euston put of living in London in June
The industrial circulate in June, Britain’s excellent strike in 30 years, introduced the rail network to a standstill.
The RMT held three strikes over a route of per week which severely disrupted companies right thru the country.
Workers right thru London tube companies also walked out for in some unspecified time in the future in June.
The Rail Shipping Neighborhood stated it modified into once a “hugely disappointing announcement” that will per chance well presumably upset summer plans for passengers, undermine struggling agencies and “upend the commerce’s restoration”.
“We want to provide our other folks an lengthen in pay, however asking the taxpayer to shoulder extra of the burden… will not be comely or sustainable.”
They asked RMT’s leadership to proceed talking to get a deal that works for “our other folks, our passengers and for taxpayers”.
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