Lanarkshire rail staff have joined their colleagues from throughout the nation in a 3 day strike this week.
Members of the Wishaw and Motherwell department of the RMT union have been picketing at their depot in protest at potential job losses and higher pay.
Department secretary David Hainey informed Lanarkshire Stay : “The primary points are 2900 job losses out of a workforce of 40,000 and a pay settlement after two years of a pay freeze.
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“The morale amongst the workforce is sky excessive.
“While you have a look at the turnouts we now have had on the picket traces, it has been super.
“We've received a whole lot of public assist particularly when they're going previous us after we are out.
“Should you have a look at polling from corporations like YouGov, a big majority of the general public as to why we're hanging.”
The RMT accused Transport Secretary Grant Shapps of “wrecking” negotiations by refusing to permit Community Rail to withdraw redundancy threats.
Mr Shapps referred to as the declare “a complete lie”, including the union was solely responsible for the “huge disruption”.
The breakdown in talks between the RMT and rail corporations led to recriminations between the union and the federal government.
The Division of Transport has stated the rail business is main the negotiations, however a contract seen by the BBC says that prepare working corporations’ dealing with of strike motion is “topic to the secretary of state’s path”.
Dave added: “The spin from the Authorities are ridiculous.
“The median wage from Community Rail is between £25,000 and £30,000 which is identical as the typical UK employee.
“The RMT has by no means walked away from the negotiating desk, the UK Authorities is holding the purse strings and it's as much as them.”
One other walkout is about to happen on Saturday.
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