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Union considers new pay offer from ScotRail Train strike to go ahead after ScotRail pay offer rejected
(about 20 hours later)
The proposed strike on Monday is part of a wave of industrial action on the railways ScotRail services have been disrupted due to a number of disputes over pay and conditions
A union representing ScotRail workers will meet later to consider a new pay offer aimed at avoiding more strikes. Strike action by ScotRail workers will take place on Monday 10 October after the RMT union rejected the latest pay offer.
The undisclosed deal was offered on Tuesday during talks between the train operator and RMT union. There will be no services between Glasgow and Edinburgh and just a handful on three central belt routes.
The RMT had rejected an earlier 5% pay rise as an effective wage cut for its members because of the soaring rate of inflation. An improved pay offer was made on Tuesday but the details of that were not made public.
ScotRail workers are next due to walk out on Monday 10 October. The RMT union confirmed on Thursday afternoon that it would not be recommending members accept it.
The nationalised railway company has said the industrial action would have "significant consequences" on the service it can offer that day. ScotRail said only three services would be running during the day on Monday. They include;
The latest headlines from Scotland Milngavie to Edinburgh - two trains per hour
The proposed strike is part of a wave of industrial action on the railways across the UK. Glasgow to Lanark - one train per hour
Cross-border services were interrupted on Wednesday by a 24-hour UK-wide strike by the train drivers union Aslef that affected Avanti West Coast services. Glasgow to Larkhall - one train per hour
RMT members staged their latest walkouts at the weekend in the dispute with Network Rail over pay, jobs and conditions, with another strike expected on 8 October. Network Rail workers operate signal boxes and maintain the track. Next week's strike is part of a wave of industrial action on the railways across the UK.
However, RMT members employed by ScotRail could stage their own 24-hour strike on Monday 10 October if the ongoing talks do not bring about an agreement. One involves a dispute by Network Rail staff who maintain the infrastructure, such as tracks and signalling.
Strike action by the RMT in August saw most of ScotRail's services cancelled with just 11 routes in the central belt, Fife, and the Scottish Borders operating. They are unhappy about the future of jobs, as well as pay and conditions, and are due to walk out on Saturday, 8 October.
The strike on Monday would be the first formal industrial action at ScotRail in the current round of rail strikes. ScotRail is expect to run a limited daytime service on a number of routes around the Central Belt and the Borders including trains every 30 minutes between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The RMT rejected a 5% pay offer. At talks on Tuesday a new offer was made. Rail passengers in Scotland have had a miserable summer.
Neither side is giving details but it will be discussed on Thursday by the RMT. First ScotRail had to run a reduced timetable for several weeks as drivers were declining overtime because of a pay row.
The union and ScotRail are then expected to meet but if the offer is rejected outright, Monday's strike would seem inevitable. Then national strike action at the signals company Network Rail meant ScotRail had to cancel most of its services.
But so far there has been no strikes or formal industrial action at ScotRail itself.
ScotRail was effectively renationalised in April - it is owned by the Scottish government.
Any pay offer at the company has to be seen as value for money to the taxpayer and can be seen as a precedent for those public sector workers whose wages are directly paid for by taxpayer.
Improving on the pay offer to the RMT could prove difficult in practice.
The 5% offer rejected by the union was accepted by the drivers' union ASLEF. Revisions and improvements to that offer earlier this week were insufficient for the RMT which is worried about how its members are being affected by the rising cost of living.
The six months since ScotRail was brought back into public ownership have proved difficult for the company and its customers, even if the problems can be blamed on the impact of rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis
It has hardly been the bright new dawn for the railways which supporters of renationalisation had hoped for.