RMT members are to stage a recent strike on 2 June in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and dealing circumstances.

The strike will see 20,000 prepare managers, caterers and station workers all stroll off the job.

There can be three rail strikes inside 4 days with Aslef prepare drivers strolling out on 31 Might and three June, the day of the FA Cup ultimate.

The federal government mentioned the RMT had gone “out of their means” to make life tough for 1000’s.

The stoppages are additionally prone to trigger disruption for a lot of throughout the half time period college break.

The RMT mentioned no new proposals had been put ahead by the prepare corporations because the union’s final strike motion on 13 Might.

Common secretary Mick Lynch mentioned the federal government was not permitting the Rail Supply Group (RDG) to make an improved supply within the nationwide dispute.

Business negotiators had been “blindsided” when the RMT turned down their newest supply in April. There was a confrontation over whether or not the RDG had gone again on its proposals – one thing it strongly denied.

On Thursday, the prepare corporations’ group mentioned it had continued to face by its “truthful” proposal, and mentioned the RMT management had chosen to “to lengthen this dispute with out ever giving their members an opportunity to have a say on their very own supply”.

Aslef’s walkouts are actually extra disruptive than the RMT’s, as a result of settling the separate Community Rail dispute in March means signalling workers are now not concerned.

Nonetheless, RMT members have backed strike motion probably into the Autumn.

The federal government and business argue the railway is financially unsustainable, and dealing practices want to vary to allow a pay rise.

Unions argue jobs and circumstances are being attacked and the wage will increase on the desk are far under inflation.

“Ministers can not simply want this dispute away,” the RMT’s Mick Lynch mentioned.

On Thursday the federal government known as once more for the union to permit its members to have a vote on what it described because the “truthful and affordable supply” tabled by the RDG.

A spokesperson for the Division for Transport additionally mentioned: “It’s extraordinarily disappointing that for the second time in a month, RMT has determined to name strikes on the identical weekend as Aslef, going out of their solution to make travelling by prepare to the FA Cup ultimate, Epsom Derby and various music concert events tougher for 1000’s of individuals.”

The 14 prepare corporations affected by the RMT’s ongoing strike motion are: Chiltern Railways, Cross Nation Trains, Better Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Nice Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Jap, South Western Railway, Transpennine Specific, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Trains and GTR (together with Gatwick Specific)