Extra train strikes announced over Christmas.
Staff at Network Rail, about half the workers involved in a pay dispute, are expected to walk out from 6pm on Christmas Eve until 27 December.Planned strike action, due to start next week and continue into January, will also go ahead, the union added.Industrial action at 14 train companies across four 48-hour periods across the festive period on 13-14 and 16-17 December, and 3-4 and 6-7 January will go ahead, the union confirmed.
Its talks are separate to negotiations with Network Rail, which maintains the railways throughout Britain and employs signallers and maintenance workers - about half of the workers in the dispute. Mick Lynch, RMT union general secretary, said they had not received an improved offer from the Rail Delivery Group on Monday, however."We remain available for talks in order to resolve these issues but we will not bow to pressure from the employers and the government to the detriment of our members," he added.
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