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.