UK Rail Union TSSA Accepts Pay Deal While RMT Stands Firm on Strike Plans
- TSSA union votes 60% in favor of deal in general grades
- RMT rejected the same deal and has strikes planned in March
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Rail workers represented by the TSSA are in favor of an increased pay offer from their employers even as a rival union rejected it and vowed to continue protesting.
The offer from 14 train operating companies was accepted by 80% of management grade members but only around 60% of members from other grades voted in favor. It will give guards and other on-board staff a 5% pay increase or a £1,750 ($2,092.7) raise — whichever is greater — for the current fiscal year, followed by a 4% increase next year.