Merseyrail guards talks collapse
(WorldNews Africa)

TALKS AIMED at ending the Merseyrail guards` dispute collapsed today when the company flatly refused to discuss RMT`s compromise proposal. The union had refrained from calling more strike action on Merseyrail to coincide with strikes in separate disputes at Arriva Rail North and Virgin East Coast, in order to give the talks a fair wind. But RMT`s offer to put the contentious issue of train despatch and door operation into a joint safety working-group was...