RMT receives new pay offer from train companies in bid to avert more strikes – but will its members accept?

The RMT rail union has announced it has received a new and improved pay offer from train operators.

Union bosses they will consider the nine per cent pay deal and decide whether to put it to their members.

“The National Executive Committee will be considering this matter and has made no decision on the proposals nor any of the elements within them,” said chief executive Mick Lynch.

Considered by train companies as their “best and final offer,” the deal includes a clause on no compulsory redundancies until January 2025.

“This is a fair offer that gives RMT members a significant uplift over the next two years – weighted particularly for those on lower incomes who we know are most feeling the squeeze – while allowing the railway to innovate and adapt to new travel patterns. It also means we can offer our people more varied, rewarding careers,” said Steve Montgomery, chair of Rail Delivery Group, which negotiates on behalf of operators

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