network rail of planning to cut thousands ofjobs. the rail industry and the transport secretary have branded the strike announcement as premature which the rmt has rejected. in addition to workers at 13 train companies, network rail staff who includes signallers are due to walk out. they are crucial to the network being able to operate, and they haven t taken part in nationwide action like this since 199a. the scale of the action means that there will be significant disruption to passenger and freight services across britain, with only 20% of services able to run on strike days. the dates that have been announced fall in a week when a number of major sporting and cultural events are scheduled including glastonbury festival. the rail industry is under pressure to save money. the government poured in billions to keep services going through the pandemic. passenger numbers and revenue haven t recovered to pre covid levels. the industry trade body said it
the rmt union says the dispute is over pay, and it s accused network rail of planning to cut thousands ofjobs. the rail industry and the transport secretary have branded the strike announcement as premature which the rmt has rejected. we re notjumping the gun and talks haven t onlyjust begun they began two years ago at the start of covid. they are intent on cutting thousands ofjobs from the railway. we think that threatens safety because they re cutting the safety regime to do that. they re threatening our members conditions and they won t give us a pay rise most of our members have not had most of our members have not had a pay deal for two to three years, and we need to resolve those issues now. in addition to workers at 13 train companies, network rail staff, who includes signallers, are due to walk out. they are crucial to the network being able to operate, and they haven t taken part in nationwide action like this since 1994. the scale of the action means that there will be
people are struggling with what they re currently being paid, cos bills are getting higher and higher, and so you can understand why people are upset if they don t think they re getting decent pay deals or good working conditions. the rmt union says the dispute is over pay, and it s accused network rail of planning to cut thousands ofjobs. the rail industry and the transport secretary have branded the strike announcement as premature which the rmt has rejected. we re notjumping the gun and talks haven t onlyjust begun they began two years ago at the start of covid. they are intent on cutting thousands ofjobs from the railway. we think that threatens safety because they re cutting the safety regime to do that. they re threatening our members conditions and they won t give us a pay rise most of our members have not had a pay deal for two to three years, and we need to resolve those issues now. in addition to workers at 13 train companies, network rail staff,
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