General Secretary Mick Whelan Aslefa rejected the union's pay proposal because in real terms it meant a pay cut. Dinendra Haria/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
He added that train drivers have not received a salary increase since 2019.
To qualify for the first 4% boost, companies need to make a commitment to get drivers moving to new routes faster to help fill service gaps and use technology to train new staff faster.
Second year of boost wages will depend on the «successful completion» of negotiations for reforms that will force drivers to plan to work on Sundays, according to the contract, if there is no alternative coverage.
The change was vital, according to the RDG, as leisure travel has recovered much stronger than commuter and business travel and is now at 116% pre-Covid levels.
The group also demanded that work oversight staff and training schedule was placed «in the hands of the employers».
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However, the machinists' union said the 8% offer over two years, which would raise the average machinist's salary from about £60,000 to just under £65,000, was not enough.
Since then inflation was mostly in double digits. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in July last year, this figure remained at 10.4% in March.
This means that the pay proposal will continue to be a significant reduction in wages in real terms.
< p>The RDG spokesman said: «Further strikes are completely unnecessary, they will only increase the pressure on the industry, which is already in a severe financial crisis.»
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