The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has announced that 20,000 of their members across 14 train companies are set to strike next month over pay, jobs and conditions.
The RMT has accused rail operators of failing to make any new pay offers to resolve the long bitter dispute and therefore will strike on 20, 22 and 29 July.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “This latest phase of action will 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 ministers.
“Yet quite incredibly neither party has made any attempt whatsoever to arrange any meetings or put forward a decent offer that can help us reach a negotiated solution.
“The Government continues to shackle the companies and will not allow them to put forward a package that can settle this dispute.
“Our members have now voted three times to take strike action over the last 12 months – the most recent of which coincided with having the full details of the substandard offer from the rail operators.
“They voted by 9-1 to renew their strike mandate and RMT will continue its industrial campaign until we reach a negotiated settlement on pay, working conditions and job security.”
