Rail strikes: RMT votes to accept Network Rail pay offer
Members of the RMT union have voted to accept a pay offer from Network Rail.
Thousands of rail workers including signalling staff voted to accept the offer, a 9% pay increase over two years, in a referendum that closed on Monday.
The result should spell an end to the most disruptive strikes and will raise hopes that all pay disputes across the railway will be soon be settled.
RMT members at 14 train operators are still poised to strike on two days next week – 30 March and 1 April – and drivers in the Aslef union have not yet settled their dispute.
However, the breakthrough with the RMT at Network Rail – where the union that has called most strikes has most leverage – will be welcomed by the industry as a vital moment in resolving the most widespread strikes in decades.
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