[UK] RMT pay deal ‘referendum’ could end rail strikes

[UK] RMT pay deal ‘referendum’ could end rail strikes
09 Mar 2023

UK rail strikes have come one step closer to being cancelled following the RMT’s announcement that it will ask members whether they want to accept a new pay deal, The Telegraph reports.

The RMT is not making a recommendation on how its members should vote on the offer. It is not conditional on accepting Network Rail's modernising maintenance agenda which the RMT opposes.  

The offer reportedly involves a salary increase of 14.4 per cent for the lowest paid and 9.2 per cent for the highest paid staff. There is an additional 1.1 per cent on basic earnings and increased backpay.  

RMT members in Network Rail will decide whether to accept the offer in a referendum starting on March 9 and concluding on March 20 at midday.  

Network Rail's strike on March 16 will not go ahead as union members vote on the ballot.

Passengers will, however, still face disruption on that day and on March 18, 30 and April 1 as RMT members with 14 train operators proceed with planned walkouts in their separate dispute over pay.

Mick Lynch - RMT general secretary - said, "Network Rail have made a new and improved offer and now our members will decide whether to accept it.  

"We will continue our campaign for a negotiated settlement on all aspects of the railway dispute."


Source: The Telegraph

(Link and quote via original reporting)

UK rail strikes have come one step closer to being cancelled following the RMT’s announcement that it will ask members whether they want to accept a new pay deal, The Telegraph reports.

The RMT is not making a recommendation on how its members should vote on the offer. It is not conditional on accepting Network Rail's modernising maintenance agenda which the RMT opposes.  

The offer reportedly involves a salary increase of 14.4 per cent for the lowest paid and 9.2 per cent for the highest paid staff. There is an additional 1.1 per cent on basic earnings and increased backpay.  

RMT members in Network Rail will decide whether to accept the offer in a referendum starting on March 9 and concluding on March 20 at midday.  

Network Rail's strike on March 16 will not go ahead as union members vote on the ballot.

Passengers will, however, still face disruption on that day and on March 18, 30 and April 1 as RMT members with 14 train operators proceed with planned walkouts in their separate dispute over pay.

Mick Lynch - RMT general secretary - said, "Network Rail have made a new and improved offer and now our members will decide whether to accept it.  

"We will continue our campaign for a negotiated settlement on all aspects of the railway dispute."


Source: The Telegraph

(Link and quote via original reporting)

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