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Calam Pengilly

Paisley Gilmour Street workers strike for improved pay and conditions

ScotRail staff at Paisley Gilmour Street were among those walking out as part of a 24-hour railway strike yesterday.

Striking workers, including dispatchers, station staff, conductors, ticket examiners and cleaners downed tools as they continue their fight for better pay and working conditions.

It comes after the national union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) rejected the latest pay offer made to non-driving rail workers.

The strike was confirmed last week on Thursday when the union said it would not recommend members accept an offer tabled by ScotRail.

RMT members are holding out for a pay rise in the region of eight per cent, but ScotRail’s offer falls far short of this, at five per cent.

Mick Hogg, senior organiser for Scotland and Northern Ireland, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland yesterday that the union was “prepared to fight and keep fighting until we get a pay increase that actually reflects the cost of living crisis".

Phil Campbell, ScotRail's head of customer operations, said: “We’re really disappointed that the dispute with the RMT has reached this outcome, given the strength of the improved pay offer ScotRail made.

“This strike action does nothing for the railway’s recovery at this fragile time. It will severely impact our customers and it will also cost our staff through lost wages.”

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