THE RMT rail union threatened more strike action after rejecting the latest pay offers to resolve the long-running pay dispute.
Bosses have refused to accept deals from train companies and Network Rail for failing to meet demands on pay, job security and working conditions.
Preparations will be made to re-ballot members to extend the existing strike mandate for a further six months when it runs out in May.
Union chief Mick Lynch last night said: “We have carried out an in-depth consultation of our 40,000 members and the message we have received loud and clear is to reject these dreadful offers.
“Our members cannot accept the ripping up of their terms and conditions or to have safety standards on the railway put into jeopardy under the guise of so-called modernisation.”
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Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group have offered pay deals worth 9 per cent over two years.
It comes as the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association said its members would vote on the same offer it has received from the RDG.
A spokesperson for the RDG said passengers and some RMT members will be “deeply dismayed” that the proposals won’t be put to the membership.
Tim Shoveller, Network Rail chief negotiator, said: “The RMT’s leadership is condemning its members to a further round of fruitless, pointless and costly strikes, for passengers, for employees and for the economy.
