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Strikes on the 13th and 14th and 16th and 17th of december, as well as on the third and fourth and 6th and 7th of january. and on top of that, workers at network rail will down tools from late on christmas eve until the morning of the 27th of december. the rail delivery group, which represents train companies, has offered staff a 4% pay rise this year and the same next year. but theyd have to agree on changes to working practices, which the rmt says simply arent acceptable. the transport secreta...

Last year, backdated to the start of the financial year, then another 4% in the following year, and it was also going to offer a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies until april 2024 as well. in return, of course, there would have to be changes to working practices. the rmt have said absolutely not, the deal would still lead to huge job losses over the long—term and they have called for another urgent meeting today. it said if it had accepted that deal then of course lots of ticket offices ...

At network rail and ia train companies is due to begin next week. the rail delivery group said its offer — which has been rejected by the union — included a pay increase for staff of up to 8% over two years. our transport correspondent, katy austin, is at euston for us now. katy, what more can you tell us? this dispute has rumbled on for months now, but there has been a sense of urgency over the past few days about trying to get the national strikes which start next week, tuesday, called off...

In the words of the un, on the edge of the abyss, but the sense this time is that haiti is very much standing alone. the government has requested foreign military intervention which is a controversial idea here, so far, no—one is rushing in to be part of that force, much less to lead it, and while all of the delays and discussions go on at the un, the suffering is increasing, tomorrow we will be reporting on the humanitarian crisis here. 0k, humanitarian crisis here. ok, orla, many thanks to y...

Port—au—prince. the rmt union is due to hold further talks with rail industry leaders today, after rejecting a pay offer to prevent strikes in the run—up to christmas. the rail delivery group said staff would get an 8% wage rise over two years if they accepted changes to working practices, but the rmt warned that would lead to hugejob losses. we can speak to our news correspondent, anjana gadgil, who is outside rmt for us this afternoon. tell us more about what they are saying in reaction ...

These latest strikes going ahead. the next national strikes involving the rmt union, about 40,000 rail workers across the country, are due to begin on the 13th of december, in just nine days. now, today for the first time the group representing the train companies side of the dispute have made an offer to unions, to the rmt. now, they describe that as a framework where essentially there would be a 4% pay rise for this year, backdated, and a 4% pay rise for next year. however, that would depend o...

In the run up to christmas. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin explained what the company had offered the union. there have been lots of negotiations happening over the past few days and the weekend to see if anything can be agreed to prevent these latest strikes going ahead, the next national strikes involving the rmt, about rail workers, are due to begin in 90 days. for the first time the group representing the train companies signed the dispute and they have made an offer to the rmt, the...

Which represents train companies — aimed at preventing strikes in the run up to christmas. our transport correspondent katy austin explained what the company had offered the union. there have been a lot of negotiations happening over the last few days, over this weekend, to try and see if anything can be agreed to prevent these latest strikes going ahead. the next national strikes involving the rmt union, about 40,000 rail workers across the country, are due to begin on the 13th of december, i...

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About 40,000 workers are due to go on strike in about nine days. today, for the first time, the group representing the train company cited the dispute had made an offer to the rmt. they describe that as a framework where essentially there would be a 5% pay rise for this year backdated than a 4% pay rise for next year, however that would depend on changes to working practices being agreed, they say to be able to fund a pay rise. that includes things like changes to the way staff work at stations ...