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RAIL union RMT has angrily dismissed an SNP call to defer industrial action in Scotland until after the Cop26 environment summit as “bare-faced cheek.”
As Scotrail workers stood on picket lines today in existing disputes over parity, a statement by the party’s five back-bench Glasgow MSPs heaped praise on rail staff — but called on the union to shelve plans for a fresh ballot for action over pay.
The five — Bob Doris, James Dornan, Bill Kidd, John Mason and Kaukab Stewart — drew fury from the union by describing plans for a strike vote in the run-up to the summit as “an unhelpful way for the union’s London bosses to go about kick-starting those negotiations.”
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
