As Christmas creeps up on us all, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) have rebuffed the latest pay offer to stop their planned strikes this festive season.
The RMT are set to continue with the industrial action planned for December, and have added extra dates on Christmas Eve and December 27. Railway workers are striking as they argue for a pay rise in line with rising inflation rates.
The union were offered a four per cent rise, backdated for 2022, and a further four per cent for 2023 by the Rail Delivery Group last weekend. However, the RMT argued that there were no guarantees beyond April 2024, and the proposals set by their bosses could well be detrimental to their jobs.