Train strike announced on day of FA Cup final between Manchester City and United

Train drivers are to stage three fresh strikes in the long-running dispute over pay, including one on the day of the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, their union Aslef announced today.

Many thousands of City and United fans are set to make the trip by rail down south to London for the day.The union said in a published statement: "ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, has rejected a ‘risible’ pay offer from the 16 train companies with whom we are in dispute – our drivers not having had an increase in salary at these companies since 2019.

"The RDG, in turn, rejected our proposals to modernise Britain’s railways and help them run more efficiently, for passengers and for businesses, in the 21st century. The 16 train operating companies include: Avanti West Coast; Chiltern Railways; CrossCountry; East Midlands Railway; Great Western Railway; Greater Anglia; GTR Great Northern Thameslink; London North Eastern Railway; Northern Trains; Southeastern; Southern/Gatwick Express; South Western Railway; SWR depot drivers; SWR Island Line; TransPennine Express; and West Midands Trains.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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