ENGINEERS, clerical and production staff at a railway supply company began a four-day strike today in a dispute over pay.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members at Unipart Rail, who are based in Crewe, were angry that the company has been unwilling to improve a 4.75 per cent pay offer which the union has rejected.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Unipart bosses continue to behave in an intransigent manner, and shown a complete disregard for their own staff.