By Jack Mendel
Rail union boss Mick Lynch has next months strikes are still going ahead despite a “positive meeting” with transport secretary Mark Harper.
The head of the RMT union made his comments after meeting with Harper on Thursday, saying the coming together was “a positive meeting in the sense that we’ve gotten rid of the bellicose monsters that we’ve had from Grant Schapps”.
Asked whether recent strike dates would still be going ahead, he said they would, and that the RMT wanted Harper to ‘ set down in writing what he’s going to do about the mechanics of how a resolution will be facilitated”.
He also asked Harper to explain the authority of the Rail Delivery Group.
On Tuesday it was announced more than 40,000 members working at Network Rail and 14 other train operating companies will walk out on 13, 14, 16, 17 December as well as 3, 4, 6, 7 January.
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