WORKERS at Glasgow’s famous Springburn rail depot lobbied MSPs today to save their jobs and “160 years of railway history.”
Ahead of a debate led by Labour MSP James Kelly, members of the RMT and Unite unions gathered at Holyrood to call on the Scottish government to intervene.
The Springburn depot carries out servicing, maintenance, repairs, overhauls and upgrades of ScotRail trains.
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