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STRIKES threatening to halt Scotland’s iconic sleeper trains could be avoided thanks to a significant breakthrough in negotiations, the Morning Star can exclusively reveal today.
Guards and stewards on the Caledonian Sleeper, which is run by outsourcing giant Serco, have overwhelmingly voted to strike over a myriad of workload concerns.
Rail union RMT said workers have suffered stress and mental ill health since the start of the troubled introduction of shiny new mark V carriages.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield