{"id":74287,"date":"2022-12-12T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/12\/12\/train-strikes-rmt-members-reject-latest-network-rail-pay-offer\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:12:44","slug":"train-strikes-rmt-members-reject-latest-network-rail-pay-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/12\/12\/train-strikes-rmt-members-reject-latest-network-rail-pay-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Train strikes: RMT members reject latest Network Rail pay offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Members of the UK&#8217;s largest railway union have turned down a salary offer from Network Rail, dashed hopes of minimizing strike action.  <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Network Rail, which owns and operates the railways, offered workers a 5% pay rise this year and a 4% pay rise in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >But on Monday, the RMT union confirmed that its members had followed its recommendation to reject the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Strikes will resume on Tuesday and passengers have been advised not to travel unless absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Union members working for both Network Rail and 14 rail companies will hold strikes this week, first on Tuesday and Wednesday and then on Friday 16 December and Saturday 17 December. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >It was also announced last week that RMT members at Network Rail would be taking further industrial action from 6:30pm on Christmas Eve to 6am on December 27th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Railway workers will then go on strike on January 3-4 and January 6-7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The industrial action is part of a long-running dispute between the RMT, which represents some 40,000 rail workers, and the rail operators and Network Rail over wages, jobs and working conditions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the UK&#8217;s largest railway union have turned down a salary offer from Network Rail, dashed hopes of minimizing strike action. 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