More strike dates announced on East Midlands Railway services

The company runs services through Loughborough train station.

The RMT union has confirmed that eight more strike dates will take place this summer, in a dispute over the company allegedly giving inferior contracts to some train guards.

The strikes will happen every Sunday for eight weeks starting on June 27th. 

EMR are advising customers to check the timetable before travelling.

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said:

“RMT has again been left with no choice but to call strike action on East Midlands Railway.

“This is due to East Midlands Railway continuing refusal to stop enforcing inferior contracts on some train guards in spite of the strength of feeling from the workforce. The patience of our members has reached its limit.

“The union remains available for talks to resolve this dispute and the lead officer has cleared his diary to discuss all outstanding disputes on EMR.”

EMR Senior Conductor members are instructed not to book on for any shifts that commence between:

• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 27th June 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 4th July 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 11th July 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 18th July 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 25th July 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 1st August 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 8th August 2021
• 0001 Hours and 2359 Hours on Sunday 15th August 2021

An East Midlands Railway spokesperson, said: 

“We are extremely disappointed the RMT has taken the decision to extend their strikes throughout the summer. 

"At a time when the railway continues to benefit from taxpayer support and no one has been furloughed or lost their job this action damages our ability to support the East Midlands recovery from the Covid pandemic and attract people back to the railway and support public transport as a whole. 

"We have robust contingency measures in place and will continue to run the vast majority of our advertised timetable on Sunday's throughout the summer but we would encourage customers to check their journey before setting off.”