Tuesday 30 Mar 2010
NETWORK RAIL SEEKS LEGAL ACTION TO STOP STRIKE AS TALKS CONTINUE
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Late this afternoon (Tuesday) Network Rail served papers on the RMT to see them in court tomorrow in a legal challenge on the signallers' dispute. This week there has been constructive talks with the RMT on the maintenance dispute and we hope that these talks continue.
A spokesperson for Network Rail said:
"Network Rail has a responsibility to all our passengers and freight users, and to the country as a whole, to do everything we can to avert a strike. Talks continue and our aim is a negotiated settlement, but we must explore all avenues at our disposal and that includes legal ones.
"We can confirm that papers have been served on the RMT this afternoon. This calls into question the validity of its ballot amongst our signallers, highlighting scores of discrepancies and inaccuracies.
"We will appear before a High Court judge tomorrow afternoon."
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