Rail workers set to strike on major London train line on New Year’s Eve

Workers connected London’s Elizabeth Line are to strike connected New Year’s Eve successful a quality implicit pay.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport national (RMT) based successful the power country volition locomotion retired for 24 hours from 9pm connected New Year’s Eve.

This volition enactment galore reveller’s plans connected clasp arsenic they conflict to find different mode successful to observe the commencement of a caller year.

Workers are besides not moving remainder days oregon overtime from December 5 until December 18.

The national said it has rejected the company’s wage connection and is seeking improvements to vacation entitlement and a simplification successful moving hours.

RMT wide caput Mick Lynch said: ‘Our members play a captious relation successful moving the Elizabeth Line and their demands for just attraction connected moving hours and permission stay unmet.

‘The existent connection falls short, and our members are determined to unafraid a just deal.’

The national has called for urgent talks to unafraid a revised offer.

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