SCOTRAIL STRIKE ACTION SUSPENDED

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: july/august 2016 :: RMTnews 4 Following a meeting of RMT representatives, all industrial action on ScotRail has been suspended to allow further talks to take place with the company. The union executive also instructed the general secretary to arrange an urgent meeting with Abellio ScotRail to discuss platform interface and platform train despatch procedures with the ASLEF union in attendance. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that the union had made sufficient progress to suspend a programme of industrial action on ScotRail to allow for further detailed discussions. “The progress we have been able to make in this dispute is entirely down to the resilience, determination and strength of our ScotRail members who have taken wave after wave of rock-solid action in defence of rail safety. “They are a credit to the entire trade union movement,” he said. The four key elements of ScotRail’s offer that was agreed was a guaranteed conductor on every train, the conductor will retain their full competency including rules, track safety, evacuation, and ScotRail confirmed that trains operating these services will not run without a competent conductor on board. Finally all proposals are subject to ScotRail and RMT agreeing to a method of train dispatch for these services. Once this proposal and the method of dispatch are agreed it will be adopted for the Abellio ScotRail franchise and will apply beyond. SCOTRAIL STRIKE ACTION SUSPENDED Union wins assurances for a fully competent guard on every train and an agreed method of train dispatch