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Mick Lynch (centre) general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) joins members on the picket line outside London Euston train station during a strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture date: Wednesday December 14, 2022.
GOODWILL “from all parties” is needed during the latest talks to end national rail strikes, RMT said today.
General secretary Mick Lynch’s call coincided with thousands of the transport union’s members across Network Rail and 14 train-operating companies beginning another 48-hour walkout in the six-month dispute over jobs, working conditions and pay.
Mr Lynch noted an “exchange of views” between the union, employers and Tory ministers in fresh negotiations, opened on Thursday, but he warned that bosses’ failure to table an improved offer would see strikes continue over Christmas.
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
