RMT members at Network Rail and 14 train operating companies are to strike on 15/17 September in the ongoing dispute over pay, job security and conditions.
In separate disputes, members at Hull Trains and Arriva Rail London will walk out on 15 September.
The union says that while negotiations have continued, there have been no new offers from Network Rail or train operators.
General Secretary Mick Lynch said the union’s members have ‘no choice but to continue this strike action’, claiming that NR and train operators have shown ‘little interest in this past few weeks in offering our members anything new in order for us to be able to come to a negotiated settlement’.
He warned that the industrial campaign will continue ‘for as long as it takes’.
In response to the announcement, Rail Delivery Group Chair Steve Montgomery said the strikes were ‘cynically timed to cause maximum disruption to the very passengers the industry depends on for its recovery. From those left out of pocket because they can’t get to work, to people missing vital appointments and thousands of children and young people who depend on the train to get to school, the union leadership’s actions have very real consequences.’
Mr Montgomery says RDG members want to …
