Rail staff will strike for two further days next month as the row over jobs, pay and working conditions continues. RMT members at Network Rail and 14 train operators will stage a walkout on August 18 and 20, the union has announced.
It comes after 24-hours of strike action was announced by the union for later this month, Wednesday (July 27) - the day before the Commonwealth Games opens in Birmingham. Network Rail's latest offer in the talks was for a 4pc pay rise backdated to January, another 2pc next year and a further 2pc conditional on achieving 'modernisation milestones'.
It follows strikes by 40,000 RMT union workers across 13 operators and at Network Rail last month. Passengers at the time struggled as only a fifth of rail services ran over three days and stations were left empty.
