with these offers. we gave them three weeks to make the offer and they have held that back. why did you change your mind on having a strike over christmas? well, the christmas action we have put on does not largely affect passenger services. the passenger railway runs down and closes in the evening of december the 24th, so what we are targeting is the engineering works at network rail. mick lynch from the rmt. i beg your pardon, we are doing something else before we speak to katy austin. the schools minister nick gibb says the government has offered a pay rise and accused the rmt of still holding the country to ransom. the transport secretary has facilitated discussions between the employer and the unions, between the rail delivery group and the unions, and they have offered 8% pay rise over two years to the rmt, and they have rejected without even consulting their own membership. it s very disappointing that the rmt think that the way to conduct these
for the railway companies and directing what is going on. they have held back even these paltry offers until the last minute, so they know that it is very difficult for us to deal with these offers. we gave them three weeks to make the offer and they have held that back. why did you change your mind on having a strike over christmas? well, the christmas action we have put on does not largely affect passenger services. the passenger railway runs down and closes in the evening of december the 24th, so what we are targeting is the engineering works at network rail. the schools minister nick gibb says the government has offered a pay rise, and said the rmt s stance was disappointing. the transport secretary has facilitated discussions between the employer and the unions, between the rail delivery group and the unions, and they have offered 8% pay rise over two years to the rmt, and they have rejected without even consulting their own membership. it s very disappointing that the rmt