Glasgow signal workers strike called off
Ferry Online Travel News 23/01/2012
Negotiations have prompted the RMT union to call off strikes planned today for Scottish rail signal workers.
About 30 workers employed in a Glasgow control centre set to walk out this morning as a result of an ongoing dispute over career progression. However, officials from the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union have said the action was suspended due to talks with Network Rail mediated by the Acas conciliation firm.
Despite the threat, Network Rail had maintained that none of its services in the west of Scotland would have been affected by the strikes, which were slated to begin just before 06:00 BST today.
Union officials told reporters that workers had also planned to walk out for a second 24-hour period on 27 January after today’s strike and a 72-hour strike that took place over the Christmas holiday period in Glasgow.
Current negotiations we creating “meaningful dialogue”, an RMT spokesman told reporters this morning, which he said may lead to a solution to the issue.
The strikes were to be held in protest of a practice dubbed ‘slotting’ in which employees are given automatic promotions based solely on seniority. However, Network Rail officials have maintained that the practice was abandoned in 1994. A spokesman for the organisation said this morning that it is using longstanding collective bargaining agreements in the current talks.
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