Strike by Southern guards still on

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2017, 15:38 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 05:20 BST
A strike by Southern guards is still scheduled for Monday as the RMT union has been '˜excluded' from talks.

Train drivers’ union ASLEF suspended its walkouts planned for Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday next week after Govia Thameslink Railway agreed to fresh talks in a dispute over the introduction of driver-only operation across the Southern network.

However the RMT, which held 12 strikes in 2016 as its members are due to be transferred to the role of on-board supervisor, has not been involved.

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Mick Cash, general secretary at the RMT, said: “RMT demands again today that this union be given access to exactly the same talks process in our Southern Rail disputes as has been brokered for our sister union by the TUC.