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The strikes involving LNER, Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry are set to impact on services running to and from Scotland. Train drivers are to stage a series of one-day strikes and a nine-day ban on overtime next month in their long-running dispute over pay.
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Drivers to stage fresh series of 24-hour strikes and overtime ban, as RMT signals possible breakthrough. The train drivers union, Aslef, will stage a series of one-day strikes and call an overtime ban across England's operating companies at the start of December, ratcheting up the national rail dispute again. Drivers at each company will strike for 24 hours on dates between Saturday 2 and Friday 8 December, and will refuse to work overtime between Friday 1 and Saturday 9 December, causing more disruption for operators that rely on rest day working.
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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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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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ScotRail has confirmed its services will face widespread disruption when the train operators members of the RMT trade union take part in a day of strike action on Saturday, 29 October. Its the second day of strike action by ScotRail general grades RMT members, following industrial action on Monday, 10 October, and is a result of the trade unions rejection of an improved pay offer made by ScotRail.
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Unfortunately, due to continued strike action by Network Rail and ScotRail staff, West Coast Railway is unable to operate trips on the 8th October. The drivers' strike on the 5th October will not affect trips and so all trips on the 5th October will run as normal.
(Permalink) Strikes The Jacobite West Coast Railways |
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Union barons were mocked yesterday as it emerged nearly a quarter of rail staff defied them by turning up for work during one strike last week.
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Last week's rail strikes hit the tentative post-pandemic recovery on the high street, though Edinburgh was less severely impacted than other parts of the UK, figures suggest.
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Across June 21, 23 and 25 there will be a very limited number of services operating only in the Central Belt.
(Permalink) Network Rail ScotRail Strikes Timetabling |
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Rail leaders have warned that the world's largest arts festival could be devastated and the Scottish capital left like a ghost town if rail strikes go ahead this summer.
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RMT says strike action goes ahead this weekend on rail and tube and confirms additional action on TPE.
(Permalink) Strikes TransPennine Express  Carstairs South Junction: A Trans Pennine Express Class 397 EMU, working the 12.04 from Glasgow Central to Liverpool Lime Street, passes Carstairs South Junction on 30th April 2021.
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Rail Union RMT has confirmed that Rail Gourmet staff at Edinburgh Waverley will be going ahead with a new phase of strike action from 17th September in an on-going fight for respect and justice in the workplace as the company escalate their abuse and bullying of their staff.
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Whoever in the Scottish Government thought taking ScotRail into public ownership was a smart move should be having sleepless nights as the rhetoric of industrial strife begins to heat up.
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ScotRail Sunday services have been severely disrupted in recent weeks due to ongoing RMT strikes.
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Cleaners at ScotRail depots are the latest group of workers who will be taking part in industrial action from next week.
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Workers in Edinburgh at train catering firm Rail Gourmet are to strike for four days over alleged management harassment after a Covid outbreak, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) announced today.
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RMT guards to bring negotiating table to East Midlands Railway as Sunday strikes continue and Train Managers vote for action.
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Passengers booked onto the Caledonian Sleeper will be issued a refund as 11 days of strike action gets under way.
(Permalink) Caledonian Sleeper Refund Serco Strike Strikes  Kilmarnock: 73969 showing off the Caledonian Sleeper logo during shunting moves at Kilmarnock |
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RMT to strike for pay justice on Tyne and Wear Metro in co-ordinated joint union action.
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Railway untion RMT confirmed today that it has announced eight further strike dates over the summer on East Midlands Railway.
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Rail service operator Serco is to cancel all the sleeper services during an 11-day strike by rail workers this month.
(Permalink) Caledonan Sleeper Serco Strike Strikes  Uddingston: Caledonian Sleeper stock from Edinburgh heads through Uddingston on its way to Polmadie on 19 September 2020.  Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper 73971 provided a rare sight at Stonehaven on 3rd May 2021, but it didn't stop and I wasn’t fully prepared for that.
 Slochd Viaduct: 67020, still in EWS livery, hauls the Caledonian Sleeper southwards
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Workers fighting for pay equality on Abellio Scotrail are to launch a fresh wave of strike action that threatens to disrupt travel to major events in Scotland.
Euro football fixtures at Hampden Park, the Edinburgh Festival and even the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November could face disruption unless Scottish ministers and Abellio bosses face up to their responsibilities, the RMT union said today. (Permalink) COP26 Edinburgh Festival RMT ScotRail Strike Strikes UEFA Euro 2020 |
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Caledonian Sleeper workers will take strike action for 11 days later this month over a pay dispute.
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Caledonian Sleeper staff today voted to strike over a pay freeze.
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