The workers are expected to strike across three weekends in March.
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Railway engineering workers are set to take part in a series of 48-hour strikes next month due to a pay dispute. The action comes after the workers at infrastructure group Balfour Beatty overwhelmingly rejected the company's offer of a 5.5% increase in pay.between the 3-5 March, 10-12 March, and 17-19 March - with each of the walkouts starting at 10pm on the Friday and ending at 10am on the Sunday.
"These highly skilled workers have had enough of not been offered a decent wage rise", said RMT general secretary Mick Lynch in a statement on Saturday. "The cost of living crisis has affected all workers and our members are not prepared to pay the price while the company enjoy huge revenues."
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