RMT wins maintenance pay deal

Union leader Bob Crow has been celebrating the fact that his union has managed to agree a 7 per cent pay increase for maintenance workers.

The issue had threatened to turn into an industrial dispute but both sides have welcomed the agreement.

He said: “At a time when the doom-and-gloom merchants are telling working people that they must accept pay freezes, job cuts and a grim Christmas and New Year, our Network Rail maintenance members have shown that if you stand together in a strong trade union you can win.

“The package our negotiators have secured on the back of a solid mandate for strike action from our members is a testament to the results that can be achieved by trade unionists who refuse to take a hit for the bankers crisis.”

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