Deliberate strike motion on Avanti West Coast prepare companies has been suspended for the remainder of January.
The strike dates which might be cancelled are Sunday 19 January and Sunday twenty sixth January with the intention of permitting intensive talks to happen following latest approaches by Avanti to the RMT union.
RMT members who’re prepare managers at Avanti West Coast are nonetheless planning to strike on every Sunday from 2 February till 25 Could except an settlement is reached.
“This suspension displays our good will and dedication to discovering a decision to this relaxation day working dispute,” a RMT spokesperson stated.
“We’re responding to overtures from Avanti and hope significant progress in the direction of a negotiated settlement might be made throughout these talks,” the spokesperson added.
RMT members had initially deliberate to strike within the run-up to Christmas 2024, however these plans have been known as off last-minute.
Earlier than Christmas, the union stated a revised proposal put to them was rejected by 83% of the 400 members concerned within the dispute, earlier than saying new strike dates.
In a earlier interview with the ORIONEWS, the RMT’s basic secretary Mick Lynch claimed that prepare firms have chosen to pay their very own managers “extortionate charges” for engaged on their days off.
He stated those that are union members are paid decrease charges.
Avanti has beforehand stated it’s “dissatisfied” by the strikes and has suggested prospects to journey “both facet of strike dates or declare a full refund.”
It additionally warned that the diminished timetable on strike days may end in busy trains.