the house. ., ,, i. ,., the house. thank you. may i start by welcomin: the house. thank you. may i start by welcoming resolution the house. thank you. may i start by welcoming resolution of the house. thank you. may i start by welcoming resolution of the - welcoming resolution of the industrial dispute. welcoming resolution of the industrial dispute. lets leave the house of commons industrial dispute. lets leave the house of commons there. - industrial dispute. lets leave the house of commons there. that l industrial dispute. lets leave the - house of commons there. that update from the transport secretary mark harper updating mps on news that the union representing rmt union members workers at the network rail organisation, that the organisation that looks after the rail infrastructure, signal workers, engineers and so on, that it looks like they will accept a pay offer that has been put on the table. it brings to an end months now of a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and condit
On Tuesday, several hundred employees of the Berlin city sanitation department gathered to hand over a petition containing their pay demands to the management. Ulrich Rippert, a candidate of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) for the Berlin House of Representatives state election, attended the rally and discussed with the workers.
but it does need them to move off their positions that we have already rejected. today is the second day of the latest 48 hour walk out this week. more industrial action is planned to start at 6pm on christmas eve until 6am on the 27th. two further 48 hour strikes are planned affecting days early next month. this last weekend before christmas is vital for the retail sector and the strikes are hurting many businesses. this is the most important week for me of the whole year. this is when we take our real proper money. yesterday i was in portobello road and we probably had half the footfall that we normally have from the day trippers that come down from the rest of the country. the rail delivery group, which represents train companies, said it was hopeful a resolution could be found, but whether this can be resolved anytime soon still remains unclear. we now know wales and scotland were able to settle the industrial
we now know wales and scotland were able to settle the industrial dispute over pay with the railway workers so what makes it more difficult in england? here s from ben clatworthy, the time s transport correspondent. wales, scotland, as you say, have managed to come to an agreement. the issue in england is that the way things are run is slightly different and things have been a little bit difficult in terms of getting to what the rmt call an acceptable agreement. now, what will change things is within the last week the tssa union and unite have both accepted the offer from network rail, which amounts to 9% over two years for most employees, raising to about 11% for some of the workers on smaller salaries. now that, they say, network rail, is a very good offer and one that should be accepted. of course, the public will be starting to say, well, if these other unions are accepting it, why not the rmt?