The boss of the RMT union has been accused of kiboshing a fellow union’s vote on the Network Rail pay offer, raising the prospect of more strikes.
The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), which makes up about 10 per cent of the 20,000 striking workers at Network Rail, said on Thursday it would put the revised 8 per cent pay offer to a referendum of its members.
It reversed the decision last night citing “bad faith” by Network Rail officials and the Department of Transport, claiming the two bodies “changed the substance of the deal”.
Two senior sources told The Times the TSSA’s decision came after Mick Lynch, the RMT general secretary, intervened. One source said Lynch “went ballistic” at the referendum and “very
