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Rail union barons yesterday insisted workers can afford to carry on striking for months despite already losing thousands of pounds in pay.
RMT boss Mick Lynch claimed workers remain ‘fully committed’ to striking despite many of them losing an estimated £1,500 over the union’s last four walkouts.
However Manuel Cortes, the TSSA’s general secretary, admitted a whip round may be needed for lower-paid workers.
It comes ahead of 24-hour walkouts tomorrow and on Saturday which will see RMT workers for Network Rail and 14 train operators striking across the country.
They will be joined by TSSA workers for seven operators and Network Rail – meaning just one in five trains will run.
Travellers could be hit by knock-on chaos on Friday and Sunday, with service levels at around 70 per cent and 85 per cent respectively.
Union bosses are expected to come under increasing pressure to accept a deal as the dispute drags into its second month.
Mick Lynch (right) at the picket line at Euston station on June 23. The RMT boss has said workers remain ‘fully committed’ to striking despite many of them losing an estimated £1,500 over the union’s last four walkouts
Industry sources believe the bitter industrial action over pay and job security will only end when workers can no longer afford to carry on striking – like the signallers’
