Both sides seem to be digging in. This week the RMT union said its members had rejected a fresh offer from Network Rail, and the government seems in no mood to compromise
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskIn comparison with the nurses, teachers and postal workers who have also voted to strike, employees on Britain’s railways are fairly well paid. The average salary of rail workers, excluding drivers , is £39,518 ; thesays that figure omits train cleaners. Between 2011 and 2021 pay for railway employees rose by 24%; in that period average pay for nurses grew by about 13%, a fall in real terms of about 5%.
Restaurants, many of which are still struggling to recover from the pandemic, are also concerned about the impact of the strikes in their busiest period.Hospitality, an industry body, reckons the strikes could cause £1.5bn in lost sales as companies cancel or scale down Christmas-party plans and workers stay at home.said its members had rejected a fresh offer from Network Rail of a 5% pay rise this year and 4% in 2023.
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