After Scotrail deal RMT calls for parity for Caledonian Sleeper staff as their COP26 strikes remain on.
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Industrial action comes to an end immediately following deal with RMT.
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The RMT accepts a new pay offer which will provide its ScotRail members with a 2.5% pay rise.
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Following further discussion between ScotRail and RMT, the following agreement was reached:
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Following recent discussions we are pleased that all four trade unions have now agreed to accept this very good pay offer on behalf of their members. We are proud to have brokered and funded a deal which gives Scotlands rail workers a decent pay rise and improved terms and conditions, in contrast to conditions for rail workers under the UK Government.
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ScotRail says 'no rail services' will be provided outside Glasgow and Edinburgh for two weeks during COP26, if strikes go ahead.
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ScotRail and the Scottish government have given the RMT until 17:00 on Wednesday to accept their offer.
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Members of RMT union are due to begin strike action on November 1 during UN climate conference in Glasgow.
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Scotland's transport minister Graeme Dey accuses the RMT union of 'moving the goalposts' in negotiations.
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Details of changes to routes and how strike action could see nearly every service stopped
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If one sector can be said to show up the gulf between government rhetoric and reality on climate change, it is the railways.

And for all the Scottish governments posturing as an enlightened alternative to the Tories at Westminster, the Scotrail mess shows that it, too, is unwilling to walk the walk when it comes to investment in a greener future for transport.
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Rail strike action is set to go ahead as planned during the summit after RMT union members voted to reject a 'revised pay offer' from ScotRail at their AGM in Leeds.
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RMT have said that ScotRail members are set to take industrial action into the new year as part of a long-running battle over pay.
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The Scottish government says the union is 'letting members down' by not agreeing to resolve a pay dispute.
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A Scottish Government spokesperson said: 'For some weeks now, ScotRail has been in constructive discussion with the four Railway Trade Unions to negotiate a pay increase for 2021. They have done so in good faith and with a willingness to hear unions' concerns and seek, through collective bargaining, to reach a position acceptable to all but especially union members and all of ScotRail's workforce. Three out of four unions have now accepted, or recommended acceptance, of the pay offer and two have done so by balloting their membership. That is welcomed hugely. We were disappointed that the RMT rejected the offer. Having taken nearly two weeks to tell ScotRail they were rejecting the offer, ScotRail sought to return immediately to the table to focus on the area the RMT said publicly was their one remaining concern - rest day working. ...
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ScotRail was accused by RMT of 'offering nothing of any consequence' during talks.
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Planned strike action from RMT is set to go ahead, impacting rail services during the COP26 climate summit.
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RMT calls for the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to urgently intervene in RMT ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper fight for pay justice.
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Nicola Sturgeon has been asked to intervene to bring an end to ScotRail pay disputes and strikes which threaten to cripple the railway during the COP26 summit.
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Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to personally intervene and try to resolve a long-running rail dispute which could see staff take strike action during the forthcoming UN COP26 climate change summit.
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A union has ended its dispute with ScotRail and will no longer take part in industrial action after accepting a pay deal.
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Urgent talks to avert a ScotRail strike that would halt most of Scotland's trains during COP26 were today demanded by the Scottish Conservatives.
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How did Scotland find itself in an autumn of such discontent? We've the prospect of rail workers going on strike during COP26; with the Transport Minister admitting he didn't even know why.
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Rail union RMT said that Scotrail members are continuing their fight for pay justice and equality today after announcing strike action throughout COP26 this week in a parallel fight that involves all Scotrail and Caledonian Sleeper grades.
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Transport minister Graeme Dey says he has 'no idea' why rail workers plan to strike during COP26 since a pay offer is on the table.
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A vote for strike action by railway workers that is set to disrupt COP26 is 'no longer valid', Scotland's transport minister has claimed.
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The RMT warned there will be no trains running anywhere in Scotland during COP26 if the strikes go ahead.
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Rail workers have voted 'overwhelmingly' to strike during COP26 over an on-going pay dispute with Scotrail.
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RMT confirms strike action in pay disputes on Scotrail and Caledonian Sleeper during COP26.
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The COP26 climate conference will be disrupted by rail strikes after members of the RMT union backed industrial action.
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ScotRail have made a pay offer of 4.7% to staff in a bid to end a series of weekend strikes, with industrial action for the next two weekends put on hold while the offer is considered.
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No ScotRail train services are running across the north and north-east on Sunday as workers stage another walkout over pay.
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Unite the Union has announced it will suspend its first set of rail strikes due to take place later this month following 'the most progressive talks to date with ScotRail over a pay dispute.
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There is more bad news for train users as there are no local Scotrail services serving East Lothian at all this weekend.

County residents have had to get used to no trains on recent Sundays due to strike action by RMT union members.

Now, essential track engineering works means there will be no trains on the North Berwick-Edinburgh and Dunbar-Edinburgh services on Saturday either.
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The transport minister has called for 'calm heads' rather than rhetoric to resolve the ScotRail dispute as a new pay offer is put on the table in a bid to end six months of industrial action.
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Scotland faces becoming an 'international laughing stock' if the ScotRail pay dispute halts trains during the COP26 climate change conference, MSPs were told today.
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A fresh deal is expected to be put to railway workers after six months of industrial action, the Scottish government says.
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ScotRail strikes that have frustrated passengers on Sundays since the spring are set to escalate amid increasing tensions between trade unions and Abellio managers.
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Ministers have been strongly criticised for a lack of action to halt a 'national embarrassment' ScotRail dispute as it was confirmed strikes will bring the nation's railways to a standstill during 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
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Transport Minister claims unions and company management are being 'actively encouraged' to resolve the industrial action.
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ScotRail engineers who are members of Unite the Union will go on strike during the crucial COP26 climate talks to be held in Glasgow next month.
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ScotRail train engineers are to take part in a series of 24-hour walk-outs over the coming weeks - including during the COP26 climate change conference - in a move union chiefs claim will bring the railways to a 'standstill'.
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ScotRail workers have voted to take part in a fresh series of strikes that coincide with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November.
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On eve of crucial talks to avert COP26 ScotRail strike action RMT calls on the First Minister to intervene, shelve rail ticket office closure plan, and pay rail key workers a decent wage.
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Some ScotRail ticket offices could be closed or downgraded to help fund a pay rise for its 5,300 staff, The Scotsman has learned. Other options believed to be being considered are cutting catering on trains, which has only been partially reinstated after being suspended due to the Covid pandemic. They come as ScotRail's four unions today rejected a 2.2 per cent increase tied to efficiency savings. [Some possible ticket office closure were announced 06/08/2021. -RS]
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