are going through. it sjust frustrating that it has to have an impact on christmas and going home to see family and stuff. around the country it was a similar picture with many people forced to change plans. yesterday we went to the station in york and i don t think they were on strike yesterday but all the trains were cancelled. we ended up paying £65 in a taxi to get here. we booked our 3pm train and it was cancelled so we are now booked for 9:45. and this is the last train? the last train, and we are worried it will get cancelled. the walk outs are part of a long running dispute between rail bosses and unions about pay, conditions and job security. the rmt union has accused the government of blocking rail employers from making a deal. the department for transport rejected that, saying it has facilitated talks. network rail says it s offered a fair dealand urged the union to think again. christmas eve is also a big day for restaurants, cafes and bars as well as for last minute shopp
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in york and i don t think they were on strike yesterday but all the trains were cancelled. we ended up paying £65 in a taxi to get here. we booked our 3pm train and it was cancelled so we are now booked for 9:45. and this is the last train? the last train, and we are worried it will get cancelled. the walk outs are part of a long running dispute between rail bosses and unions about pay, conditions and job security. the rmt union has accused the government of blocking rail employers from making a deal. the department for transport rejected that, saying it has facilitated talks. network rail says it s offered a fair dealand urged the union to think again. christmas eve is also a big day for restaurants, cafes and bars as well as for last minute shopping. the problem with losing shoppers on such a key trading day like christmas eve, is you can t recover that spend. however much you want to, however long you stay open, shoppers want to buy on christmas eve and if they can t, they ll buy e
representing train companies and today, its members voted against what network rail has described as its best and final offer. the tssa union is also voting on that offer and one small group in the unite union has already accepted a deal but after all these months in the dispute between the rmt and the rail employers, there is still no settlement in sight. thanks, katy austin, there, settlement in sight. thanks, katy austin, there, in settlement in sight. thanks, katy austin, there, in york. settlement in sight. thanks, katy austin, there, in york. let s i settlement in sight. thanks, katy austin, there, in york. let s look| austin, there, in york. let s look at the health service now. as we ve already heard, talks between the royal college of nursing and the health secretary steve barclay ended this evening with no sign of a breakthrough. the head of the rcn expressed deep disappointment at what she described as the belligerence of the government and accused ministers of having
the red days are strikes, and the orange days are when a reduced service is being run. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is in york for us. so, katie, explain exactly what is behind these strikes. so, katie, explain exactly what is behind these strikes. well, the rail em-lo ers behind these strikes. well, the rail employers in behind these strikes. well, the rail employers in the behind these strikes. well, the rail employers in the government - behind these strikes. well, the rail l employers in the government asouth africa the financial impact of the pandemic, if pay is going to go up then working practises need to change and the rmt disagrees with some of the change, it is members at network rail voted against what network rail voted against what network rail voted against what network rail said was its best and final offer, including a 5% pay rise this year, 4% next year, and conditional on changes, reforms to working practises, the rmt leadership also recently rejected