Great Britain: ongoing negotiations in London transport to avoid a strike during the Olympics

ground strike by train drivers during next year’s Olympics Games appears to have abated after senior managers claimed to have reached a deal with train drivers’ unions, Aslef and the RMT. While the deal sorts out drivers’ financial compensation as a result of constraints due to the Games, the thorny issue of wage increases is still unanswered. While Network Rail, the national overground train service organisation, agreed on a minimum 10% increase over two years – in exchange for social truce -