A fresh round of rail strikes are set to disrupt national networks during July, after the RMT union announced that 20,000 workers would stage three days of walkouts, amid an ongoing dispute over pay.
The RMT said train operators had failed to make a new pay offer and that members working for 14 rail companies would go on strike as a result, on 20, 22 and 29 July.
RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, said the new strikes, part of continued labour action by the union, would “show the country just how important railway staff are to the running of the rail industry.
“My team of negotiators and I are available 24/7 for talks with the train operating companies and government,” he said.
The RMT said it had repeatedly stated its willingness to enter further pay negotiations but that neither rail operators nor the government had invited it to any new talks.
The announcement marks a fresh chapter in a bitter and long-running labour dispute.
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