Around 20,000 railway staff, working for 14 train operating companies, will go on strike this Saturday following no new proposals from the Rail Delivery Group were submitted.
The dispute has been going on for 18 months now, with staff also striking on the 2nd September if no progress is made.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “The government is not serious about settling this dispute which is leading to further disruption for passengers.
“Rail operators are not being given a mandate to make a new offer that we can put to members in a referendum to settle this dispute.
“Meanwhile, our campaign to save ticket offices will reach new levels with a rally outside Parliament on the 31st of August, where we will tell ministers in no uncertain terms that ticket offices must be kept open and our communities preserved.
“Our industrial campaign will continue as long as it takes to get a negotiated settlement, and to save as many ticket offices as possible.
“RMT members remain committed to winning a pay rise, securing their future employment and maintaining good working conditions.
“And they have shown tremendous resolve in the face of a government that is playing politics and refusing to do a deal.”
Responses
Mick Lynch doesn’t care, he will keep the strike going on and on until he gets a Labour Govt in power.
He wants ALL the train companies returned to public ownership, back to the days of British Rail.
I know this because my Uncle works with Mick.
The government are abrogating their responsibility to get this resolved, shame on them.