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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

RMT announces three days of walkouts at 14 train companies in strike escalation

Rail workers at 14 train companies will strike next month in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions.

The RMT rail union announced further industrial action on the railways on November 3 and 5, coinciding with separate walkouts at Network Rail on November 3, 5 and 7 - and London Underground and Overground on November 3.

The union said that despite repeated negotiations, the Rail Delivery Group has failed to make an offer.

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "Throughout this whole dispute, the Rail Delivery Group has been completely unreasonable by not offering our members any deal on pay, conditions and job security.

"Some of our members on the train operating companies are some of the lowest paid on the railways.

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch (Ben Cawthra/LNP)

"This stands in stark contrast to rail operating company bosses making millions of pounds in profit.

"We remain open to meaningful talks, but we are steadfast in our industrial campaign to see a negotiated settlement for all our members in this dispute."

The 14 train operating companies are:

Chiltern Railways

Cross Country Trains

Greater Anglia,

LNER,

East Midlands Railway,

c2c,

Great Western

Railway,

Northern Trains,

South Eastern

South Western Railway

Transpennine Express,

Avanti West Coast,

West Midlands Trains

GTR (including Gatwick Express)

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