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ScotRail RMT staff accept pay offer

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Fresh off the BBC's figurative presses:
Staff at ScotRail have accepted an increased pay offer, averting a planned series of strikes.
The RMT had planned to strike next Saturday followed by regular walk-outs on Fridays and Saturdays up to Christmas.
Members were voting on a 5% rise plus an extra £750.
ScotRail said this means wages will rise by 7.5% for staff such as conductors and ticket examiners with an 8.5% increase for lower-paid workers.
Announcing the result of the ballot, the RMT said 67.7% of members who voted opted to accept the offer which the union had recommended.
However the deal is separate to the ongoing pay dispute and industrial action being taken by Network Rail staff who are members of the RMT.

The strikes were temporarily suspended on 10 November after ScotRail made the improved pay offer.
As part of the improved deal, minimum flat rate pay has been increased to £10.50 per hour and a no compulsory redundancies guarantee has also been increased from five to six years.
The current agreement on rest day working has been extended until 31 October 2023.
Phil Campbell, ScotRail's head of customer operations, said: "We are delighted that RMT members have voted to accept this pay offer.
"We worked hard to put forward an offer which recognises the hard work of staff, as well as the financial challenges faced by the railway as we recover from the pandemic.
"ScotRail, our staff, and our customers want to have a reliable, safe, and sustainable railway that supports the economy and connects communities across the country.
"By reaching agreement with the RMT, we can now focus fully on delivering a service which our customers expect and deserve."
ScotRail's RMT members previously went on strike on 10 October.
An overtime and rest day working ban, put in place by the union, also caused cancellations across the rail network over several weeks.

The Scottish government took control of ScotRail in April after deciding to nationalise the rail franchise.
Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth said the deal was fair and affordable, offering "very real benefits" for staff.
"Staff will welcome seeing an increase in their next pay packet with some of it in time for Christmas," she said.
"Passengers will equally welcome the news and know that we will have ScotRail services running as planned over winter and especially the festive period.
"Sadly, this deal does not mean we will avoid the impacts of industrial action on Scotland's railway disrupting travel plans in the months ahead.
"It is now incumbent on the UK government to allow the operators and RMT to get to the table and negotiate. Network Rail employees in Scotland deserve a pay deal too."
Rail services have been severely disrupted in recent months by a series of separate disputes with workers including ScotRail drivers - which has been resolved - and Network Rail staff.
The RMT said industrial action will be held across four 48-hour periods on 13-14 and 16-17 December, and 3-4 and 6-7 January.
Meanwhile Aslef union said train drivers at 12 rail companies, including Avanti West Coast which links Glasgow and London, are set to strike again on Saturday.
With the repeated caveat that this applies only to ScotRail staff, not Network Rail staff in Scotland.
 
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5% is pretty woeful in railway standards historically…a lot of the lower paid in the public sector are getting between 6-11 % The latest Scottish pay offer for NHS staff is a very good deal IMO.

 
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5% is pretty woeful in railway standards historically…a lot of the lower paid in the public sector are getting between 6-11 % The latest Scottish pay offer for NHS staff is a very good deal IMO.
A case of needing to see the bigger picture, I feel.
 

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£750 being of course a higher percentage for those on lower pay rates
Exactly. Conductors have ended up with something like 7.3%, gateline over 8. Plus theres 390 quid in bonus plus enhanced commission.

A pretty good deal imo and good to get sorted before Christmas.
 

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Is there UK wide collective bargaining in terms of Network Rail operations and maintenance staff that prevent anything being agreed under the Scotland's Railway umbrella for Network Rail Scotland, or is it a political / constitutional issue that Network Rail is a reserved matter under the 1998 Scotland Act?
 

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Is there UK wide collective bargaining in terms of Network Rail operations and maintenance staff that prevent anything being agreed under the Scotland's Railway umbrella for Network Rail Scotland, or is it a political / constitutional issue that Network Rail is a reserved matter under the 1998 Scotland Act?
It’s reserved to Westminster. Jenny Gilruth wrote an open letter to the unions way back at the start of the dispute in the summer saying that if the Scottish Government had the power to make an offer directly to Network Rail Scotland staff they would do so but they’re not allowed.
 

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Wasn't it ScotRail staff who accepted the pay offer before the rest of the UK last time too, with ASLEF?
 
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