RMT writes to Nicola Sturgeon to get railway enhancement work restarted in Scotland [Rail Engineer]





Date: 08/06/2020

The RMT union has called on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to protect vital jobs on the railway in a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Once Scotland went into lockdown, railway enhancement works fell under the same restrictions as the wider construction sector.


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