RMT GUARDS at Merseyrail are to strike on Saturday, May 21, Saturday, May 28, Friday, June 10, and Saturday, July 9, after rejecting what they call unacceptable strings attached to the company's 35-hour week proposals.
In a ballot of the 170 members, the company's offer was rejected by 104 votes to 13 - a margin of eight to one.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: 'Our members have once more voted decisively to reject an offer from Merseyrail that gives with one hand and takes away with the other.
'The offer that emerged from the mediation process was essentially no different from the one they have already taken strike action over.
'Merseyrail still want our members to pay for their 35-hour week by losing rest days and they have found that just as unacceptable now as it was in March. We have been waiting for four years for this issue to be resolved, and the company has no-one to blame but itself for the disruption its intransigence is causing.'
RMT branch secretary for Wrexham, Dave Bithell, asked the pubic to check travel details, especially those travelling from Wrexham to Liverpool.
