Rail workers expect the same terms as those offered to train drivers to end their strike action, the boss of the RMT union has said.
Mick Lynch told the Times, external he expected a “parallel, synchronised offer” to that offered to drivers’ union Aslef on Wednesday.
That agreement, which could end more than two years of walkouts, saw drivers offered a three-year pay deal, including a 4.5% rise this year.
The new Labour government also dropped attempts by the previous Tory administration to change drivers’ working practices.
Despite the pay deal, Aslef announced on Friday that drivers at London North Eastern Railway (LNER), a nationalised firm, would strike every weekend in September and October, and two in November in a dispute with management.
Nigel Roebuck, who has led Aslef’s negotiations with LNER, said members had complained about being consistently “badgered for favours” by managers “outside of rostering agreements and being contacted remotely”.
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