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Commuters walking past a ScotRail train at Edinburgh's Waverley Station, May 23, 2022
RAIL workers across Scotland will strike this weekend as a two-year dispute over conditions rumbles on.
Managers will strike on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 of March as part of efforts to drive a resolution in a dispute over on-call working arrangements that last saw them strike in December.
Despite discussions between ScotRail and TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust, no agreement has yet been reached to change the arrangements which workers argue not only risks their own safety, but those of their passengers.
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down
