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Daily Record
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Alan Jones & Sarah Vesty

ScotRail warn of ‘significant disruption’ next month as staff set to strike over pay dispute

A leading rail union has announced a strike in Scotland amid worsening disputes in the industry. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at ScotRail will walk out on October 10 in a dispute over pay.

The union said its members had been offered a 5% pay rise, describing it as a real terms wage cut because of the soaring rate of inflation. Rail unions are staging a series of strikes in early October over pay, jobs and conditions which will cripple services across the UK.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “ScotRail knows this offer is not good enough and needs to take into account the escalating cost-of-living crisis.

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