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| Rail strike: When are the strikes due to take place? Walkout on horizon as Network Rail talks enter third day | Rail strike: When are the strikes due to take place? Walkout on horizon as Network Rail talks enter third day |
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| Rail workers are set to strike in June following a breakdown in talks with Network Rail, as talks have entered a third day today. | Rail workers are set to strike in June following a breakdown in talks with Network Rail, as talks have entered a third day today. |
| On Thursday the union rejected a new pay offer, with a 1% rise this year, and a rise of about 1.4% next year, with no compulsory redundancies for the duration of the agreement, meaning that the strikes will go ahead as planned | On Thursday the union rejected a new pay offer, with a 1% rise this year, and a rise of about 1.4% next year, with no compulsory redundancies for the duration of the agreement, meaning that the strikes will go ahead as planned |
| Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are due to walk out for 24 hours from 5pm on 4 June and a further 48 hours from 5pm on 9 June. | Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are due to walk out for 24 hours from 5pm on 4 June and a further 48 hours from 5pm on 9 June. |
| The workers, including signallers and maintenance staff, are also planning to ban overtime from 6-12 June. | The workers, including signallers and maintenance staff, are also planning to ban overtime from 6-12 June. |
| Network Rail originally offered a four-year deal of a single £500 payment followed by three years of rises in line with RPI inflation, at the beginning of the talks. | |
| RMT’s 16,000 members at Network rail work across operations and maintenance departments. | RMT’s 16,000 members at Network rail work across operations and maintenance departments. |
| Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin previously said: "Millions of hardworking people will be disrupted by this unnecessary and unreasonable strike action. I condemn it wholeheartedly and urge the union to reconsider." | Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin previously said: "Millions of hardworking people will be disrupted by this unnecessary and unreasonable strike action. I condemn it wholeheartedly and urge the union to reconsider." |
| "Over the past 4 years Network Rail staff have enjoyed pay rises 8 times higher than other public sector workers. By any measure RMT members already get a fair deal. | "Over the past 4 years Network Rail staff have enjoyed pay rises 8 times higher than other public sector workers. By any measure RMT members already get a fair deal. |
| "It is very disappointing that RMT has now rejected a deal delivered through Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) talks that the union’s leadership agreed was a reasonable offer. | "It is very disappointing that RMT has now rejected a deal delivered through Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) talks that the union’s leadership agreed was a reasonable offer. |
| "The government will do everything it can to help keep people and goods moving during the strike." | "The government will do everything it can to help keep people and goods moving during the strike." |