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Signal workers in Scotland are to stage a 24-hour strike in a renewed row over bonus pay. Signallers in Scotland are to stage a 24-hour strike in a renewed row over bonus pay.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said more than 400 of its members employed by Network Rail will walk out on July 27 in a dispute over bonus pay.The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said more than 400 of its members employed by Network Rail will walk out on July 27 in a dispute over bonus pay.
The RMT said the company had withdrawn a previous offer and paid no bonus to the signallers.The RMT said the company had withdrawn a previous offer and paid no bonus to the signallers.
A Network Rail spokesman said the news, which could cause widespread disruption to rail travellers, was "surprising".A Network Rail spokesman said the news, which could cause widespread disruption to rail travellers, was "surprising".
The fact remains that our members are the victims in this dispute Bob CrowRMTThe fact remains that our members are the victims in this dispute Bob CrowRMT
A strike originally planned for July 6 was suspended after talks appeared to have broken the deadlock in the dispute, which centres on the docking of bonus pay from the workers who took part in earlier industrial action. A strike originally planned for 6 July was suspended after talks appeared to have broken the deadlock in the dispute, which centres on the docking of bonus pay from the workers who took part in earlier industrial action.
The union's general secretary, Bob Crow, said: "We suspended industrial action as a gesture of goodwill after the company stepped back from refusing to talk about the issues involved and some progress was made in last-minute negotiations.The union's general secretary, Bob Crow, said: "We suspended industrial action as a gesture of goodwill after the company stepped back from refusing to talk about the issues involved and some progress was made in last-minute negotiations.
"After first claiming the issue was not negotiable, the company finally agreed to talks and offered to reduce the amount docked from £150 per day of strike action to £100, but the fact remains that our members are the victims in this dispute."After first claiming the issue was not negotiable, the company finally agreed to talks and offered to reduce the amount docked from £150 per day of strike action to £100, but the fact remains that our members are the victims in this dispute.
"It cost them two days' pay to get the company to keep to an agreement, and they are still being fined a second time by the very bosses who broke that agreement."It cost them two days' pay to get the company to keep to an agreement, and they are still being fined a second time by the very bosses who broke that agreement.
"The company has now inflamed the situation by withdrawing its offer altogether, and while other Network Rail members have received their bonus, the signallers have received nothing.""The company has now inflamed the situation by withdrawing its offer altogether, and while other Network Rail members have received their bonus, the signallers have received nothing."
A Network Rail spokesman said further talks with the RMT were planned on Friday.A Network Rail spokesman said further talks with the RMT were planned on Friday.
He added: "We will pursue these talks to find an amicable solution."He added: "We will pursue these talks to find an amicable solution."
Rail services across Scotland and in other parts of Britain will be disrupted if the strike goes ahead.Rail services across Scotland and in other parts of Britain will be disrupted if the strike goes ahead.