Rail workers have announced plans to take further industrial action.
It is part of the ongoing dispute over pay and conditions between rail bosses and the RMT union and which saw three days of strikes take place last month.
Union members who work for 14 train operators – including Northern, TransPennine Express, Avanti – and Network Rail have announced they will walk out for 24 hours on Wednesday July 27 after they rejected a new pay offer from Network Rail.
They revealed last night that RMT members at Network Rail and the train operators will strike for two further days on August 18 and 20.
The union Aslef, which represents train drivers, said strikes could happen within weeks following a ballot of its members. Workers at eight companies – Arriva Rail London; Chiltern Railways; Greater Anglia; Great Western; Hull Trains; LNER; Southeastern; and West Midlands Trains – will strike on July 30.
And 2,500 members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association have also voted in favour of strike action. It has not named any dates for strikes.
Last month, only around 20 per cent of trains ran during the strike action and following the latest announcement, the RMT’s Mick Lynch said the rail network would shut down for 24 hours.
