RMT strike action goes ahead on Northern Rail

Rail Union RMT

Rail Union RMT has confirmed that strike action on Northern Rail in the guards safety dispute goes ahead exactly as planned next week.

Arriva refused to consider a set of six proposals put forward by RMT aimed at a negotiated settlement.

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: “It is disgraceful that Arriva have wrecked the talks process and refused to discuss a set of six proposals that could have protected passenger safety and taken us towards a solution. As a result of that contemptuous attitude the action goes ahead as planned and the blame for the disruption to service lies solely with Arriva Rail North.

"The travelling public will be rightly angry that ARN are prepared to play as fast and loose with the talks process as they are with passenger safety. They must be forced back to the negotiating table and need to prove that they are prepared to talk seriously."