Business secretary hopeful of strike resolution as rail workers prepare for another day of industrial action – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / Dec 17, 2022
Rail workers are striking today, along with some bus drivers and highways workers. Nurses and ambulance workers are preparing for industrial action next week.
Rail workers have entered the second half of their latest 48-hour strike – as the business secretary says he is hopeful that a resolution can be found “sooner rather than later”.
Grant Shapps was speaking to Sky News as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union prepared for another day of industrial action in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
He said: “We certainly don’t want to see the strikes take place, they don’t help anybody.
“We do think there are some reasonable pay deals on the table…when it comes to trains, there’s an offer there on the table of some 8-9% depending on the particular area people are in, in return for modernisations.
