Scottish railways are likely to have major safety related incidents in the next two years, according to Network Rail workers in an RMT survey.
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General Secretary Mick Lynch said: Our members have spoken in huge numbers to accept this unconditional pay offer and no compulsory redundancies until the end of 2024.
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Scottish Ferries union RMT, has called on the government in Scotland to award Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract directly to publicly owned operator Calmac.
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It's a dispute that has bedevilled ScotRail and other train operators for years - and I can't believe I'm still writing about it more than a decade on.

The vexed issue of who controls the opening and closing of train doors has returned to haunt Scotland's main operator with the impending launch of electric services on the Glasgow - Barrhead line in a month's time.
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Rail union RMT is demanding that the Scottish government rule out ticket office cuts by ScotRail following the decision to scrap all closure plans in England.
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Rail union RMT marked the 30th anniversary today of the 1993 Railways Act that privatised Britain's railway with a new report which revealed ...
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Train operator's biggest union vows to oppose plans for drivers to take charge when route electrified.
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union have agreed to continue with industrial action in their long-running pay dispute.
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Following a speech by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, where he announced the scrapping of HS2 to Manchester ...
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Avanti West Coast confirms travel advice for customers during latest strike action by ASLEF and RMT.
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Rail union, RMT has written to the RDG with a road map to a negotiate settlement to the long running national dispute.
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Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) are set to strike on Saturday and again on September 2
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Railway workers will take the fight for the future of ticket offices to the doorstep of 10 Downing Street on 31 August.
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Workers on CrossCountry trains will take four consecutive Saturday strikes in a dispute over working conditions.
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The two new walkouts, which take place on 26 August and 2 September, are part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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Rail union RMT warned on the eve of the third anniversary of the Carmont rail tragedy tomorrow (Saturday August 12) of an increasing risk of another tragedy due to the failure of government and Network Rail to act on safety recommendations made last year.
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The leader of the RMT union said proposals to shut ticket offices at rail stations and axe jobs would 'vandalise' the UK's network.
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People travelling to and from Carlisle on ScotRail trains have been warned they could see some disruption due to industrial action by the RMT and ASLEF.
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Rail union, RMT declared today the consultation extension on the future of rail ticket offices as wholly inadequate and called for the whole disastrous closure programme to be abandoned.
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Railway staff are being told to stop wearing 'save our ticket offices' stickers or face disciplinary action, RMT understands.
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The action, which does not involve ScotRail, is part of a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
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RMT has suspended all strike action planned for next week on London Underground after making progress in the pensions and jobs dispute.
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ScotRail has confirmed that there will be no changes to services amid a wave of strike action over the next couple of weeks.
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RMT members working on every grade of the train operating companies will take strike action on Thursday 20 July in the national dispute over working conditions, pay and job security.
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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch will speak at a public rally in Berwick next week as the union hopes to get further support for its calls to save the ticket office at the towns railway station.
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Both the Aslef and RMT unions are taking action which is likely to affect services at Lockerbie.
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The RMT general secretary called on Scottish ministers to ensure lifeline ferry services in the west of Scotland are kept in the public sector.
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Conductors and station staff will get a 5% rise, and the lowest paid will also get an extra £750.
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LNER, Avanti and CrossCountry services affected as RMT members walk out at 14 train operators across England.
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Aslef and RMT workers are walking out on Friday and Saturday.
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Strike action by ASLEF and the RMT union will bring significant disruption to Northern services across the North of England on two days next week.
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RMT members back fresh rail strikes, meaning industrial action could continue until November.
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ScotRail has been warned by its main union of another 'summer of discontent' unless ministers lift the public sector pay limits on the nationalised train operator which led to months of disruption last year, The Scotsman has learned.
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The RMT have marked the 60th anniversary of the publication of Dr Beechings report 'The Reshaping of British Railways' by slamming the continued managed decline of our railways under an unsustainable and failing privatised model.
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Last week thousands of members of staff went on strike.
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The RMT action will have a reduced impact as services are already disrupted due to maintenance work on the West Coast Main Line with buses replacing trains.
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ScotRail has confirmed that its services will operate as normal tomorrow (Thursday), following the suspension of planned strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. The RMT trade unions planned strike action by its members at Network Rail on Thursday, 16 March 2023 as well as an overtime ban over the coming weeks have been suspended to allow a referendum on a new pay offer from Network Rail to take place.
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The RMT Union has suspended all strike action for members of Network Rail after a new pay offer
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The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers' union (RMT) has suspended all industrial action on Network Rail after they received a new pay offer.
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The RMT union has called for rail company Avanti West Coast to be stripped of its franchise for running the west coast mainline.
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Though a deal has been agreed with ScotRail, disruption elsewhere in the network affects trains north of the border.
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ScotRail has confirmed that its services will operate as normal on Wednesday, 1 February and Friday, 3 February, when members of two rail trade unions, RMT and ASLEF, take part in planned strike action. The planned strike action on 1 and 3 February is a result of a dispute between the trade unions and a number of other train operating companies across the UK, and does not involve any ScotRail staff.
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'We have had detailed discussions and we are working jointly towards a revised offer.' Hopes have been raised that a deal can be reached to end the rail strikes following four hours of talks between train firms and the RMT union yesterday. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents operators, said it was now 'working towards' a revised offer after months of industrial action that have caused chaos on the network. There will be further talks in the coming days.
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Train bosses have discussed a new offer with RMT negotiators. It is understood the union was told that ministers were willing to scrap demands for more guardless trains as part of a deal.
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In Scotland, RMT Network Rail members took industrial action causing disruption to services across the country.
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The last day in the latest stretch of railway strikes has begun, ending a run of almost four weeks of continuous disruption caused by industrial action over pay and working conditions. Only about one in five trains across Great Britain will run on Saturday as a 48-hour walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union concludes, with no early morning or evening services and a pared-back schedule on main intercity and urban lines.
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UK-wide industrial action by RMT union members continues on Friday and Saturday.
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Scotrail services are severely disrupted as the second day of Network Rail strikes gets underway.
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ScotRail is reminding customers to expect significant disruption during this week's strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. Although the dispute does not involve ScotRail staff it will have a major impact on the train operators ability to provide services as the RMT planned action involves Network Rail staff in Scotland. Around 40,000 RMT union members at Network Rail will take UK-wide strike action on Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4, Friday 6, and Saturday 7 January, resulting from a pay dispute with the track and infrastructure operator.
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Union leader Mick Lynch says there has been radio silence from ministers since before Christmas. Rail companies are in despair over the governments handling of the pay dispute, the union leader Mick Lynch said, before another week of strikes on the railways.
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There will be no trains in Inverclyde for several days as Network Rail staff go on strike once again.
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Across the railway, over 1,000 contracted out cleaners will take strike action on Saturday, December 31 in the first national strike of its kind.
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Scotland's Railway will be working hard to run as many trains as possible for customers during two 48-hour RMT strikes on January 3/4 and January 6/7.
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ScotRail is warning rail usersto expect significant disruption during the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail.
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Avanti West Coast issues travel advice to customers as services set to be disrupted by RMT and ASLEF strike action.
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ScotRail is warning customers to expect significant disruption during the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. The dispute does not involve ScotRail staff, however, it will have a major impact on the train operators ability to provide services as the RMT planned action involves Network Rail staff in Scotland.
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Train strikes for five days in the first week of January have the potential to bring commuters to a standstill. Rail workers, who are members of Aslef and RMT unions, have announced the next round of strikes between Tuesday January 3 until Saturday 7, with potential of disruption into Sunday 8.
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Some trains started running on Tuesday morning but others will not return until later in the day.
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Train operator, Northern has issued fresh Do Not Travel guidance for its customers across the North of England for the first week of 2023.
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Passengers hoping to travel by train on Christmas Eve face disruption with most services ending by 3pm. The RMT union has accused ministers of going missing instead of holding further talks to avert fresh rail strikes starting on Christmas Eve. Passengers hoping to travel by train on Saturday face further disruption and cancellations with most services ending by 3pm, while some routes will not operate at all.
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ASLEF members will walk out on January 5, as RMT workers stage further action in a dispute over pay.
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ScotRail is urging customers to plan their journey in advance over the Christmas period with services severely impacted by the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. The dispute does not involve ScotRail staff, however, it will have a major impact on the train operators ability to provide services as the RMT planned action involves Network Rail staff in Scotland.
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ScotRail ran just 12 routes in certain areas of the country on Friday and Saturday after RMT members at Network Rail walked out.
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Network Rail workers are staging the second of two 48-hour walk-outs on Friday.
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Railway staff have begun a two-day walkout causing significant disruption to Scotland's rail network, with services in Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands among the most affected.
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Tens of thousands of rail workers will strike on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday this week - with the freezing weather also threatening to disrupt travel
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The first of two 48-hour strikes at Network Rail and 14 train companies are to begin on Tuesday (Dec 13) after members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) rejected a pay offer.
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Rail passengers in Inverclyde are facing the prospect of almost a full week of travel misery as services look set to grind to a halt for FIVE DAYS.
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More strikes are taking place in December and January.
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ScotRail customers are being reminded that services will be significantly disrupted this week during the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. The pay dispute does not involve ScotRail staff, however, it will have a major impact on the train operators ability to provide services as the RMT planned action involves Network Rail staff in Scotland. For ScotRail customers, this means a limited number of services will operate on a reduced number of routes for five days from Tuesday, 13 until Sunday, 18 December.
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ScotRail have confirmed that were will be NO services running to and from Inverclyde until Sunday.
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Rail union chief Mick Lynch has been urged by ministers not to hold the country to ransom with strikes ahead of Christmas as he blamed the UK Government for failing to avert the action.
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The RMT union rejects the first offer made by the Rail Delivery Group in the ongoing dispute.
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Rail union boss Mick Lynch and Scotland's transport minister have urged Westminster to step in to help avoid strikes in the run up to Christmas.
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The RMT announced the move ahead of the Aslef train drivers union taking action on Saturday
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Workers voted to accept the pay offer, meaning strikes in the lead up to Christmas are cancelled.
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Until we get tangible outcome, action will be on, says RMT leader after talks with transport secretary. The RMT's Mick Lynch said that rail strikes planned around Christmas would still go ahead but added that the union had started a dialogue after a first meeting with the new transport secretary, Mark Harper. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary said he did not expect the secretary of state to be at the table but had been promised a constructive letter setting out his position and said Harper had got rid of the bellicose nonsense from one of his predecessors, Grant Shapps.
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A series of stoppages have been announced by the RMT union over the festive period.
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Railway workers are to stage a series of 48-hour strikes in December and January in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union across Network Rail will walk out for 48 hours.
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Avanti West Coast strongly advises customers to check before they travel ahead of strike action by the RMT union on Sunday 20 November.
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ScotRail met with RMT representatives yesterday (Wednesday, 9 November) to discuss the ongoing pay dispute. Following a meeting of the RMTs National Executive Committee today, ScotRail has reached agreement that its pay offer will be put to RMT members through a referendum. This agreement to conduct a referendum means that the RMTs overtime ban and all proposed strike action will be suspended pending the outcome of the vote.
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A series of strikes at ScotRail have been suspended after unions received an improved pay offer. The RMT union is to ballot its members on a 5% pay rise plus an extra £750.
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An improved ScotRail pay offer is to be put to Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union chiefs, suggesting the long-running dispute could be nearing resolution, The Scotsman has learned.
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London Underground staff in the RMT and Unite unions have gone on a 24-hour strike, halting the tube and disrupting travel for millions of commuters in the capital on Thursday. Passengers have been urged to avoid the tube and check before they travel due to the latest strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. The Elizabeth Line and national rail services should run as normal but are expected to be much busier.
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ScotRail reminds customers that its services will return to normal tomorrow, Tuesday, 8 November, following the announcement that planned strike action by RMT trade union members of Network Rail has been suspended.
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ScotRail has confirmed that its full timetable will resume on Tuesday, 8 November following confirmation that planned strike action on 7 and 9 November by RMT trade union members of Network Rail has been suspended to allow for further pay negotiations. ScotRail is working with Network Rail to ensure routes are ready for services to operate as soon as possible, however, the train operator has been advised by Network Rail that it will not be possible to operate all routes until Tuesday.
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This afternoon (Friday, 4 November), the RMT trade union confirmed that the planned strike action by its Network Rail members due to take place tomorrow (Saturday, 5 November), Monday (7 November), and Wednesday (9 November) has been suspended to allow for further negotiations.
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A series of planned strikes by railway workers in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions has been suspended.
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Rail workers are set to walk out every Friday and Saturday until Christmas in a new wave of action.
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The RMT union will strike on November 5, 7 and 9.
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Scotland's rail services are to be decimated for nearly a week as rail unions escalate strike aciton in a continuing pay dispute.
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Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central stations are set to close early at 7pm on strike days.
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ScotRail services are set to see major disruption after the RMT announced a new wave of strike action this November 5.
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The fresh round of rail strikes by RMT union members is likely to leave significant portions of the UK without any rail service at all.
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More than 2,000 RMT workers are staging another 24-hour stoppage after rejecting the latest pay offer.
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Railway staff in Scotland will go on strike this weekend after a union rejected ScotRail's latest pay offer.
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A very limited number of services will operate on a small number of routes. Train services face widespread disruption due to strike action this Saturday, October 29.
It is the second day of action by ScotRail's RMT trade union staff members, following industrial action earlier this month, after the union rejected an improved pay offer
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Those planning on travelling from or to the capital this Halloween weekend have been told to plan ahead and potentially find alternative means of transport after RMT members announced they will go on strike.
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It comes as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are set to follow instructions to not work any overtime amid a pay dispute with the operator.
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ScotRail is urging customers to check their journey before travelling, with some late cancellations expected when the trade union members follow an instruction from the RMT not to work any overtime. The ban on overtime and rest day working is part of action short of a strike from the RMT and follows the 24-hour strike action on Monday, 10 October resulting from a pay dispute with ScotRail.
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RMT members will walk out on Monday as part of an ongoing dispute with ScotRail over pay.
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ScotRail has confirmed its services will face widespread disruption when the train operators members of the RMT take part in strike action today, Monday, 10 October. Last Thursday, the RMT rejected ScotRail's latest improved pay offer which the train operator had tabled in a bid to resolve the dispute and avert strike action.
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RMT industrial action will see Scottish services heavily reduced on Saturday, October 8, and then again on Monday, October 10
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Rail chiefs have spoken of their disappointment that a planned strike will go ahead on Monday, hitting services in the Highlands.
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A union representing ScotRail workers will meet later to consider a new pay offer aimed at avoiding more strikes.

The undisclosed deal was offered on Tuesday during talks between the train operator and RMT union.

The RMT had previously rejected an earlier 5% pay rise as an effective wage cut for its members because of the soaring rate of inflation.
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Following co-ordinated strike action by the RMT, Aslef and TSSA last weekend, and another Aslef walkout yesterday, there will be more disruption for passengers this Saturday owing to further RMT strike action.
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Postal workers are beginning 19 days of strike action and rail services are severely disrupted.
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Passengers have been warned to expect significant disruption as rail workers across several companies walk out this weekend in an ongoing row over pay.
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Unions to join forces on Saturday to coincide with start of Conservative party conference in Birmingham. The biggest rail strike in Britain for decades will bring most trains to a halt throughout Saturday, with unions combining industrial action for the first time this year. No trains will run in many areas, with no direct services at all on some intercity routes between London to Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.
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The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has stepped up industrial action in its pay dispute with ScotRail by announcing an overtime ban from October 14.
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Rail services will be limited once again in Scotland as the RMT union stages further strike action across Britain.
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Avanti West Coast issues customer advice for early October national rail strike days.
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With the RMT, Aslef and TSSA coordinating strike action on Saturday 1 October, only around 11% of services will operate, and there will be no trains at all across significant parts of the country. Trains that do run will start later and finish much earlier than usual, so passengers are asked to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary. Those who must travel should expect disruption, plan ahead and check when their last train will depart. Train drivers at 14 operators are also walking out on Wednesday 5 October, meaning disruption for passengers on those routes. The RMT is then staging another walkout on Saturday 8 October. The timetable for the Aslef strike on 5 October will be published on National Rail Enquiries later this week, while the timetable for Saturday 8 October will be published early next week.
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ScotRail is warning customers to expect significant disruption during the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail. The RMT union announced its members at Network Rail will take part in 24-hour strike action on Saturday, 1 October and Saturday, 8 October, across the Great Britain railway network resulting from a pay dispute with the track and infrastructure operator. For ScotRail customers, this means a very limited number of services will operate on a limited number of routes.
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The rail operator warns the 10 October action will have 'significant consequences' for passengers.
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ScotRail has been threatened with industrial action after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) voted on Tuesday to strike after rejecting an improved 5 per cent pay offer.
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Over 40,000 railway workers were set to stage fresh strikes later this month.
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The next set of trail strikes will be held in the coming weeks, as RMT members continue their long-running dispute with Network Rail over pay and working conditions.
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The new Transport Secretary is being urged to take a fresh approach to the long-running rail dispute ahead of fresh strikes which are set to cripple train services across the country.
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