If more national strikes are to be prevented, according to union officials, there is still plenty to negotiate.
Mick Lynch, leader of the RMT, said before the transport committee that they were “a long way” off on the salary problem.
After years of salary freezes, he stated that Network Rail and train operating companies were offering much less. Than half of what his members deserved to navigate the cost of living problem.
On a scale from one to ten, his colleagues at the Aslef and TSSA unions said that they were as far away as possible from agreements to resolve their separate disputes.
Mick Whelan, general secretary of the truckers’ Aslef union, stated to the members of parliament. “I believe that you may include zero. We have traveled further than where we began “when questioned about the current status of its dispute with train operators.
He also criticized how the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train companies, made an offer last Friday.
He said that it was initially leaked to media outlets and contained information that “shattered” union agreements.
