Mayor's bid to help end Metrolink pay dispute
Manchester Evening News|June 02, 2023
ANDY Burnham has offered to meet with unions in a bid to break a ‘stalemate’ in talks over pay for tram drivers if they call off the Metrolink strike next week – but a union spokesperson has said the strikes are set to go ahead as planned
JOSEPH TIMAN
Mayor's bid to help end Metrolink pay dispute

Strike action has been scheduled over the weekend of June 10 and 11, which means that tram services will be affected while Parklife festival is on at Heaton Park.

Other events that would be disrupted include Soccer Aid at Old Trafford, Roger Waters at the AO Arena and The Weekend at the Etihad Stadium.

Mr Burnham said pay talks between Unite and Metrolink operator KeolisAmey have reached a ‘stalemate’ so he is now willing to get involved in the process – but, in return, the Greater Manchester mayor asked the union to call off the strike next weekend.

The Labour mayor said: “I will set up a process of talks, but it has to be in the real world, with the kind of pressures we’re under.

This story is from the June 02, 2023 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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