Workers on ScotRail will strike on October 10 in a dispute over pay, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has announced.
Some parts of the country will have no trains during the strike by the rail union in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, passengers have been warned.
Union members voted on Tuesday to strike after rejecting the improved five per cent pay offer from ScotRail.
Scotrail announced on social media that action would take place on October 10 and that is in addtion "to the strikes announced by RMT members at Network rail on 1 and 8 October".
⚠️ The strike action by ScotRail members of the RMT union on 10 October is in addition to the strikes announced by RMT members at Network Rail on 1 & 8 October.
— ScotRail (@ScotRail) September 23, 2022
There'll be no change to ScotRail services on 5 October, as the strike by the ASLEF union doesn't involve our staff. pic.twitter.com/iGNvmH43h8
The strikes coincide with the SNP’s annual conference. The conference is being held from Saturday, October 8, through to the Monday in Aberdeen.
The Scottish Government, which nationalised ScotRail in April, have previously stated: “There can be no increase on the current pay offer."
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The RMT had already announced that more than 40,000 of its members from Network Rail and 15 train operating companies in the UK will walk out on October 8.
Members of the RMT union, Aslef, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, and Unite will walk out on Saturday, October 1, with further action planned on October 5 and 8.
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