Exact date Brits will be crippled by strike chaos as Network Rail workers launch walkout over pay
BRITS will be plunged into rail chaos AGAIN as a fresh set of train strikes are set to cripple the nation.
Last month millions were told to stay at home as rail worker walk outs caused a week of commuter hell.
But now rail operators and Network Rail have announced they will strike on July 27 in the dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
Union leaders made the announcement after rejecting a new offer from Network Rail which they described as "paltry".
The offer was for a 4% pay rise backdated to January, another 2% next year and a further 2% conditional on achieving "modernisation milestones".
Workers are yet to receive a pay offer or guarantees over job losses from the train operating companies (TOCs), the RMT said.
The RMT will now consult other unions that have delivered mandates for strike action in the coming days, amid talk of co-ordinated walkouts.
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Members of the drivers' union Aslef and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) have backed industrial action in recent days.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "The offer from Network Rail represents a real terms pay cut for our members and the paltry sum is conditional on RMT members agreeing to drastic changes in their working lives.
"We have made progress on compulsory redundancies, but Network Rail are still seeking to make our members poorer when we have won in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators.
"The train operating companies remain stubborn and are refusing to make any new offer which deals with job security and pay.
"Strike action is the only course open to us to make both the rail industry and Government understand that this dispute will continue for as long as it takes, until we get a negotiated settlement.
"The public who will be inconvenienced by our strike action need to understand that it is the Government's shackling of Network Rail and the TOCs that means the rail network will be shut down for 24 hours."
The RMT held three strikes last month which crippled services across the country.
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Tens of thousands of workers walked out in the biggest rail strike in 30 years.
Some regions were completely cut off as services were axed and commuters were left stranded.