RMT members at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are to impose an overtime ban and work-to-rule from a minute after midnight on Friday, June 10, in a dispute with the heritage line over allowances for carriage and wagon fitters.
Members voted overwhelmingly for action after the company ‘refused to entertain increasing the pay of fitters who faced a marked increase’ in undertaking ‘fitness to run’ examinations on trains, many of which are expected to run on Network Rail infrastructure.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said:
“This is a straightforward case of fitters being expected to shoulder additional work and responsibility having the right to be rewarded properly for it.
“The company knows that we are ready to talk to resolve the issue, but simply refusing to entertain an increase in pay for an increase in workload and responsibility is not an option.”
