RMT units out talks ‘road map’ as rail providers hit by contemporary strike
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he greatest rail employees’ union has recommended a “road map” to a negotiated settlement within the deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and situations.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has written to the Rail Delivery Group saying the 2 sides wanted to navigate a manner by way of the row.
The transfer was made as 20,000 RMT members staged a contemporary strike, inflicting enormous disruption to providers.
Trains began later than ordinary on Saturday morning and can end earlier whereas some areas can have no providers all day.
I imagine that each events are of the view that we have to navigate a manner by way of the dispute
Events affected by the strike embrace the Leeds and Reading festivals, Notting Hill Carnival and sports activities fixtures.
The RMT can be planning a strike on September 2 whereas members of the drivers’ union Aslef are taking strike motion on September 1, threatening days of disruption.
The rail unions are additionally embroiled in a bitter row over controversial plans to shut railway ticket workplaces, which have angered passenger teams and people representing aged and disabled passengers.
More than 460,000 folks have responded to a session on the plans and a protest is being held reverse Downing Street on August 31, a day earlier than the session ends.
In the letter launched on Saturday, RMT basic secretary Mick Lynch stated: “I believe that both parties are of the view that we need to navigate a way through the dispute and from the RMT’s position that would mean the following suggested stages:
“A one-year pay proposal for all companies covering the year 2022-2023, with an underpin, backdated to the relevant anniversary dates in 2022.
“A guarantee of no compulsory redundancies.
“An undertaking that discussions with RMT within the companies, including formal consultations and negotiations, will be deferred until the outcome and determination from the ticket office closures consultation has been provided by the Government and, in any case, that these discussions will not commence before 1st December 2023.
“A commitment that the existing collective bargaining structures and processes in each company will be respected and adhered to in full including consultation and negotiation as appropriate to the matters in scope and, if necessary, use of Avoidance of Dispute processes.
“A commitment that pay negotiations for the year 2023–2024 will commence from 1st December 2023.
“In using the above staged programme, I believe that we can bring clarity to everyone in the industry, that they will receive a pay increment for the previous year 2022/2023, with a guarantee of employment going forward, and that all of the change agenda that the companies wish to propose will be known in full and then addressed appropriately through the respective machineries in each of the companies.”