an overtime ban at 14 train companies from sunday is expected to cause cancellations on some routes. a strike at network rail will see services finish even earlier than usual on christmas eve and resume late on the 27th of december. then injanuary, yet more national walk outs are planned. yesterday, some 2,500 workers at another rail union. the tssa did accept a pay offer from network rail. but for the moment, the rmt is holding firm. we ve got concerns that the safety regime is being diluted, that our members work life balance, their conditions of employment are being adversely affected, so they can have change and we accept that they want change and maybe there s a need for it, but it needs to be done on a negotiated, agreed basis rather than imposition, which is where we are at the moment. last night rmt leaders met with the rail minister, huw merriman and industry representatives and it now appears further negotiations are likely.
making sure the industry is adapting to the new ways that people are using railways. figs to the new ways that people are using railways. to the new ways that people are using railways. as things stand the new year will using railways. as things stand the new year will bring using railways. as things stand the new year will bring more using railways. as things stand the new year will bring more strikes. l new year will bring more strikes. the last train to leave southampton today has already departed and one other impact on strike days is on the roads. more congestion as people switch to their cars. businesses i have spoken to around here say, whatever their views on the strikes, they want it resolved quickly so the disruption can enter. there was one developed yesterday when there was another union, the tssa, accepted the offer from network rail that had asked about that today, the rmt s mick lynch pointed out that union is much smaller than his union and said they should to d
with the rising cost of living. but the industry s made it clear more money can only come alongside profound changes to working practices in order to modernise the railway. and the union says those changes are simply unacceptable. and there s more industrial action on the way. an overtime ban at 14 train companies from sunday is expected to cause cancellations on some routes. a strike at network rail will see services finish even earlier than usual, on christmas eve and resume late on the 27th of december. then, injanuary, yet more national walk outs are planned. yesterday, some 2,500 workers at another rail union. the tssa did accept a pay offer from network rail. but for the moment, the rmt is holding firm. we ve got concerns that the safety regime is being diluted, that our members work life balance, their conditions of employment are being adversely affected, so they can have change
rmt a deal, a 5% pay rise this year and 4% for next year, but that has been rejected by the rmt. however, that has been accepted by small trade unions, the tssa and the unite union. at the moment, last night, there were talks between the rmt and there were talks between the rmt and the rail companies and the negotiations are still ongoing. as it stands, there still will be rail strikes on christmas eve, going into the 27th of december, right over the christmas period and into the new year. that is going to affect a lot of people, notjust travellers, but retailers as well, who depend on people travelling to different cities, spending money and, as we saw, earlier, that retail sales are down for the last month, not a very good picture here on the railways. rishi sunak has suggested that the government won t budge on its view that nurses should be paid what the independent
do, make sure you check before you do. how close is this to being resolved? that is the question we want to know. the rmt remains in dispute with, there are two sides to the other side of the negotiating trait table, network rail and the group representing the operating companies. the tssa accepted the deal yesterday but remains in dispute. there have been talks on and off sincejune. another meeting last night between the rmt general secretary and a minister but no real progress. more strikes are planned over the festive period. over the festive period. thank you very much- let s speak now to our political correspondent, ione wells. fresh in peoples minds will be the pictures of the picket lines with