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The Chris Stokes Column - Mutual respect between professional negotiators key to resolving rail dispute

Prospects for the rail industry in the short term look bleak. As I write this, the network is heading into a period of further action by the RMT union with no realistic sign of an early settlement, even though at one stage last week it looked as though a deal might be possible.

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Tuesday, 28 June 2022

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  • RMT leader tells government to ‘tone down rhetoric’ Train services are returning to normal today after almost a week of industrial action, while RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has told transport secretary Grant Shapps to ‘tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job, which is to settle this dispute’. The DfT said: ‘The transport secretary has consistently urged union representatives to get back around the negotiating table and agree a deal to bring our rail industry into the 21st century. Strikes should always be the last resort, not the first.’

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