RMT members are to stage a recent strike on 2 June in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and dealing situations.

The strike will see 20,000 practice managers, caterers and station employees all stroll off the job.

There might be three rail strikes inside 4 days with Aslef practice drivers strolling out on 31 Might and three June, the day of the FA Cup ultimate.

The federal government stated the RMT had gone “out of their manner” to make life tough for 1000’s.

The stoppages are additionally prone to trigger disruption for a lot of throughout the half time period college break.

The RMT stated no new proposals had been put ahead by the practice firms because the union’s final strike motion on 13 Might.

Common secretary Mick Lynch stated the federal government was not permitting the Rail Supply Group (RDG) to make an improved provide within the nationwide dispute.

Trade negotiators had been “blindsided” when the RMT turned down their newest provide in April. There was a disagreement over whether or not the RDG had gone again on its proposals – one thing it strongly denied.

On Thursday, the practice firms’ group stated it had continued to face by its “honest” proposal, and stated the RMT management had chosen to “to extend this dispute with out ever giving their members an opportunity to have a say on their very own provide”.

Aslef’s walkouts are actually extra disruptive than the RMT’s, as a result of settling the separate Community Rail dispute in March means signalling employees are now not concerned.

Nevertheless, RMT members have backed strike motion probably into the Autumn.

The federal government and trade argue the railway is financially unsustainable, and dealing practices want to alter to allow a pay rise.

Unions argue jobs and situations are being attacked and the wage will increase on the desk are far under inflation.

“Ministers can not simply want this dispute away,” the RMT’s Mick Lynch stated.

On Thursday the federal government referred to as once more for the union to permit its members to have a vote on what it described because the “honest and cheap provide” tabled by the RDG.

A spokesperson for the Division for Transport additionally stated: “It’s extraordinarily disappointing that for the second time in a month, RMT has determined to name strikes on the identical weekend as Aslef, going out of their method to make travelling by practice to the FA Cup ultimate, Epsom Derby and plenty of music live shows tougher for 1000’s of individuals.”

The 14 practice firms affected by the RMT’s ongoing strike motion are: Chiltern Railways, Cross Nation Trains, Larger Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Nice Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Japanese, South Western Railway, Transpennine Specific, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Trains and GTR (together with Gatwick Specific)