The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) have announced that members will take further strike action during November across 14 train operating companies due to not receiving a new offer on pay, jobs and working conditions.
The planned strike action will take place on Thursday the 3rd and Saturday the 5th of November.
The strike action will also coincide with an RMT member walkout at Network Rail, London Underground and Overground.
In spite of multiple negotiations taking place, RMT members have still not received any offers regarding pay, jobs or working conditions from the Rail Delivery Group.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Throughout this whole dispute, the Rail Delivery Group has been completely unreasonable by not offering our members any deal on pay, conditions and job security.
“Some of our members on the train operating companies are some of the lowest paid on the railways.
“This stands in stark contrast to rail-operating company bosses making millions of pounds in profit.
“We remain open to meaningful talks, but we are steadfast in our industrial campaign to see a negotiated settlement for all our members in this dispute.”
A Rail Delivery Group spokesperson said: “We are frustrated that the RMT leadership has decided to take further strike action. Given their recent call for ‘intense negotiations' we had hoped they would give our staff and customers a much-needed break from the disruption and lost pay of the last five months.
“Instead of inflicting more unnecessary long-term damage to the industry we all want to see thrive, we ask the RMT to recognise the very real financial challenge the railway faces, and work with us towards a fair deal that both offers a pay rise and includes the long overdue changes we need to make to improve services for our customers.”
