A number one rail union has introduced a strike in Scotland amid worsening disputes within the business.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at ScotRail will stroll out on October 10 in a dispute over pay.
The union stated its members had been provided a 5% pay rise, describing it as an actual phrases wage lower due to the hovering charge of inflation.
Rail unions are staging a sequence of strikes in early October over pay, jobs and circumstances which is able to cripple companies throughout the UK.
We'll replace our prospects within the coming days on the complete extent of the influence of commercial motionPhil Campbell, ScotRail
RMT basic secretary Mick Lynch stated: “ScotRail is aware of this provide shouldn't be ok and must bear in mind the escalating cost-of-living disaster.
“Our members refuse to be made poorer and can train their industrial power to let ScotRail know that they won't relaxation till they're paid what they deserve.”
Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s head of buyer operations, stated: “ScotRail has in the present day been notified by the RMT that its members will maintain ScotRail strike motion on Monday October 10.
“It will have vital penalties for the service we're in a position to provide our prospects.
“We'll replace our prospects within the coming days on the complete extent of the influence of commercial motion.”