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RMT members on the picket line outside Edinburgh's Waverley Station
RAIL union RMT is considering an updated offer from train companies aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, it announced today.
The latest proposals from employer body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) follow nearly 10 months of intermittent walkouts across the austerity-hit network.
An RMT spokesperson said: “We have received an updated offer from the RDG and our national executive committee is considering its contents.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY