Although there are no Tube strikes today, rail services in London have been hit
Image caption: RMT general secretary Mick Lynch, whose members include everyone from guards and signallers to catering staff and cleaners.
The union says workers - many of whom continued to work throughout the pandemic - have experienced real-terms pay cuts and are now facing a cost-of-living crisis.The union also takes issue with Network Rail's plans to cut 2,500 maintenance jobs, as it tries to save £2bn over the next two years.says it would offer a pay rise above 3%, but only if the union agrees to modernising working practices.
Its chief negotiator, Tim Shoveller, says about 1,800 jobs were expected to be cut, but the"vast majority" would be through"voluntary severance and natural wastage”. It insists it would not consider any changes that would make the railways less safe and that modernisation is needed.But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that commuters must be ready to"stay the course", insisting reforms of the rail sector are in the interests of the travelling public.
Downing Street says £16bn of taxpayers' money was used to support the railways during the Covid pandemic, but with passenger numbers still down by a fifth, and many firms adopting hybrid working, modernisation is needed to avoid soaring ticket prices and operators going bust.
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