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| Rail workers to strike on 13 May on Eurovision final | Rail workers to strike on 13 May on Eurovision final |
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| Rail workers at 14 train operators will strike on 13 May, on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final, after the RMT union rejected the latest pay deal. | Rail workers at 14 train operators will strike on 13 May, on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final, after the RMT union rejected the latest pay deal. |
| The offer was aimed at ending a long-running pay dispute. | The offer was aimed at ending a long-running pay dispute. |
| But the union said accepting the offer would have meant no further strike action could take place. | But the union said accepting the offer would have meant no further strike action could take place. |
| It follows train drivers' union Aslef calling strikes on 12 and 31 May, and on 3 June, the day of the FA Cup Final. | |
| There have been ongoing discussions as the union and train firms try to reach a deal. | |
| But RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the Rail Delivery Group, which represents the train companies, had "reneged on their original proposals and torpedoed these negotiations." |