The RMT union and the rail industry both say they want to try and get a deal to avoid June strikes
Rail firms and a major union have both said they want to negotiate to try to avoid strikes that could cause major disruption in June.The RMT union said rail firms had made no "concrete proposals" on pay and job security in discussions so far.The strikes are expected to affect thousands of rail passengers, and fall during music and sporting events including the Glastonbury Festival and an England cricket test against New Zealand.
The source added that the government was determined to press ahead with making the railways "more efficient". "We have to look how we can reform," he said. "We've not said 'we're not going to give staff a pay increase', but we need to sit down and talk with RMT on how we can move reform forward to make it fair for everybody."
However, Mick Lynch, secretary general of the RMT, told the BBC that railway firms are still making money. He said the union doesn't want disruption for thousands of commuters, but had been talking to rail firms for two years trying to get pay deals.
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