The RMT's leader Mick Lynch has called for public negotiations with the government as strikes continue to cripple rail passengers.
It comes as 20,000 RMT union members from 14 operating companies stage a strike across the country.if he would agree to negotiating with the government live on TV, Mr Lynch called for negotiations to be out "in the open".
“I don’t think the government would ever agree to that because they’d have to show their skills in debating these issues and I don’t think they want to do that," he told"They very rarely turn up for interviews. They very rarely go off a pre-prepared script and a statement that’s prepared for them by a professional civil servant.Mr Lynch continued: "The RMT and the trade unions always turn up for any debate. I’ve debated with government ministers in the past on the media.
It comes as passengers travelling across the rail network on Saturday are told to check their journey before they travel, with members at 14 operators currently on strike.Their members will also refuse to work overtime on Saturday.
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