Strike action is planned for Saturday, Sunday and Monday 8-10 July.
Northern has responded to RMT announcing the three day strike.
Richard Allan, Northern’s Deputy Managing Director, said, ‘We are deeply disappointed and hugely frustrated the RMT is choosing to cause more pain for our colleagues and customers rather than get round the table to talk first. Only this week we wrote to RMT again, urging them to engage in meaningful modernisation talks with us. We have been clear that for all our conductors we are prepared to guarantee jobs and current pay, and continue with annual pay reviews, if we can reach agreement with RMT’.
‘The RMT’s dispute will be solved by talking, not by unnecessary strike action which impacts our customers, our employees, businesses and the economy of the North. Should the RMT strike action go ahead, we are committed to keeping our customers on the move as much as possible’
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