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Avanti West Coast faces Sunday strikes
The front of an Avanti West Coast train waits to depart from London's Euston Station
SCABS brought in to break Avanti West Coast picket lines are being paid £500 a shift, rail union RMT said today.
The company, which is on record as one of Britain’s most inefficient operators, faces further strike action by train managers on Sunday in a dispute over pay and rest day working.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “It is wrong that Avanti is paying replacement managers up to £500 per shift — around double what our members earn — while they fail to deliver the same service.
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