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The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Rail strikes: RMT votes to accept Network Rail pay offer

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RMT workers behind a ‘Defend rail jobs, pay, conditions’ banner at a strike picket outside Euston station in London
RMT workers behind a ‘Defend rail jobs, pay, conditions’ banner at a strike picket outside Euston station in London. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Members of the RMT union have voted to accept a pay offer from Network Rail.

Thousands of rail workers including signalling staff voted by three to one in favour to accept the offer, a 9% pay increase over two years, in a referendum that closed on Monday.

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