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Britain’s RMT union said on Sunday that it had rejected a pay rise offer of 4% in 2022 and 2023 from train operators aimed at heading off further strike action, which has disrupted travel for millions of rail users.
British rail workers union rejects offer aimed at averting strikes
Dec 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s RMT union said on Sunday
that it had rejected a pay rise offer of 4% in 2022 and 2023
from train operators aimed at heading off further strike action,
which has disrupted travel for millions of rail users.
The RMT said last week that more than 40,000 railway workers
would stage strikes over December and January in a long-running
dispute over pay, signalling travel disruption before and after
the busy Christmas holiday period.
The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators,
had earlier offered the National Union of Rail, Maritime and
Transport Workers a pay rise of 8% over two years with a
guarantee of no compulsory redundancies to April 2024.
“We have rejected this offer as it does not meet any of our
criteria for securing a settlement on long term job security, a
decent pay rise and protecting working conditions,” RMT General
Secretary Mick Lynch said in a statement.
