Overwhelming acceptance of pay award in Network Rail and Train Operating Companies
Around 1000 Unite members will benefit from substantial pay increases after accepting the pay offer from the Department for Transport (DfT).
Unite’s membership in Network Rail has accepted an increase of 4.5 per cent for 2024 and the Train Operating Company members have settled on a 2-year deal that sees a 4.75 per cent increase for 2023 and a further 4.5 per cent increase for 2024.
Both settlements bring an end to a long running pay dispute within the train operating companies and reinforces the government’s desire to nationalise the rail industry.
Unite’s Acting National Rail Officer John McGookin said: “This a good pay deal for Unite’s membership in the rail industry and is the next step on the path to a fully publicly owned railway that the British public wants and deserves.
“We recognise that there are challenges ahead, we have an opportunity to frame the future for rail and the wider transport sector and deliver for our members as well as the public.”
Unite’s members work predominantly within the engineering and maintenance departments of the TOCs ensuring that rolling stock is maintained to a high level of safety and cleanliness.
The DfT negotiated pay awards with Unite, the RMT and the TSSA unions.
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