The decision by the UK’s biggest rail workers’ union to stage strikes over the Christmas period is “incredibly disappointing,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman has said.
The Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) confirmed on Tuesday that its 40,000 members will walk out from 6 p.m. on Dec. 24 until Dec. 27, one day after the union urged workers to reject the latest pay offer from rail companies.
In reaction, Downing Street urged the RMT to take the pay offer seriously to prevent further disruption over Christmas.
The prime minister’s official spokesman said: “It’s incredibly disappointing that the RMT has chosen to take further damaging action instead of recognising this is a generous and fair deal that could have brought this dispute to an end….