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The RMT and train operating companies issued a joint tight-lipped two-line statement reading, “We have had detailed discussions and we are working jointly towards a revised offer.”
The right to strike is a cornerstone of democracy for working-class people. We must defend the right to strike.
Nowak’s appeal is for the Tories to reinstate the role of the union bureaucracy in suppressing the working class through a tripartite arrangement with employers and the government.
Around 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union at the rail infrastructure firm Network Rail and at 14 train operating companies are involved in two 48-hour stoppages on January 3-4 and 6-7. On January 5, thousands of members of the train drivers union ASLEF will strike across 15 train companies.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has penned a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak requesting a meeting with him to end the dispute.