Train workers will walk out yet again later in July as the dispute over pay rumbles on.
RMT members at train companies and Network Rail, which operates the tracks and stations, will go on strike all day on July 27.
The union said it had dismissed a “paltry” four per cent pay rise offer from Network Rail. RMT said it wanted a seven per cent pay rise in line with skyrocketing inflation.
It comes after tens of thousands of train workers went on strike for three days in June, bringing the rail network to a standstill. RMT mostly represents railway workers other than drivers – like guards and station workers.
Aslef, the union that mostly represents drivers, said earlier this week that its members had voted to strike over a pay dispute, but no date for any action had been set yet.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “The offer from Network Rail represents a real terms pay cut for our members and the paltry sum is conditional on RMT members agreeing to drastic changes in their working lives.
“We have made progress on compulsory redundancies. But Network Rail are still seeking to make our members poorer when we have won in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators…
“Strike action is the only course open to us to make both the rail industry and government understand that this dispute will continue for as long as it takes, until we get a negotiated settlement.”