RMT members working for 14 train companies announce fresh strike on June 2 over school half term
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RMT members working for 14 train companies will stage a fresh strike on June 2 in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the union has announced.
The widespread disruption will see 20,000 railway workers in catering, train managers and station staff all take action, affecting train services across the country.
The RMT said that it found the Rail Delivery Group’s ‘previous offer and associated conditions unacceptable and despite contact between the parties since the strike on 13 May.’
The union’s general secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘The government is once again not allowing the Rail Delivery Group to make an improved offer that we can consider.
‘Therefore, we have to pursue our industrial campaign to win a negotiated settlement on jobs, pay and conditions. ‘Ministers cannot just wish this dispute away.
‘They underestimate the strength of feeling our members who have just given us a new 6-month strike mandate, continue to support the campaign and the action and are determined to see this through until we get an acceptable resolution.
‘The government now needs to unlock the RDG and allow them to make an offer that can be put to a referendum of our members.’
RMT members last took the picket lines on Saturday in a move that was condemned due to it coinciding with Eurovision in Liverpool.
This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
RMT members working for 14 train companies will stage a fresh strike on June 2 in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the union has announced. Pictured: RMT leader Mick Lynch joins members on the picket line outside Euston on May 13
