UNION boss Mick Lynch raised hopes future rail strikes could be averted as travel was disrupted by a fresh 48-hour walkout.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) leader believes compromise on conditions and an improvement in the pay offer are “achievable” after talks with the government.
His members at 14 companies and Network Rail again walked out on Friday, crippling services a day after an unprecedented nursing strike.
With government under growing pressure to offer better pay deals to end the disruption by Christmas, the RMT attended talks with rail minister Huw Merriman.
Mr Lynch said there were “no new proposals on the table” but said there were “soundings-out” of possible solutions ahead of further talks.
“So we need some compromise on some of the conditions they’re putting on the offer and we’ll need an improvement in the pay offer. That is achievable, in my view,” he told Sky News.
Rail workers in Britain will walk out again on Christmas Eve if there is no breakthrough.
