ScotRail

ScotRail: Abellio bully boys try divide-and-rule

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As the RMT union ballots 2,500 ScotRail workers for action in pursuit of an extremely reasonable pay claim, ScotRail bosses have come out all ...

Nationalise to save Springburn rail depot

March 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP workplace organiser · Workers at the historic railway depot in Springburn, Glasgow, are battling against its closure, with the loss of nearly 200 highly skilled jobs and 160 ...

Publicly owned railways: the surest way to end rip off fares

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Gordon Martin, RMT Regional Organiser • Along with activists from RMT branches, I was out on Wednesday 3 January distributing postcards to rail commuters making their way to work on the first ...

Smoke and spin no answer to real challenges facing people

August 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • If history repeats itself as Marx claimed first as tragedy and then farce nobody seems to have told Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Right wing Watson got into his time machine ...

Safety before profit – victory to the guards

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The strike by ScotRail conductors/guards against the Abellio bosses’ mad dash towards Driver Only Operated (DOO) trains is potentially a ...

‘Yes’ vote in RMT ScotRail ballot

June 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Voice Reporter • Rail union the RMT confirmed on 7 June that members voted overwhelmingly for both strike action and industrial action short of a strike over the extension of Driver Only ...

RMT: ‘keep the guard on the train’

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

by a ScotRail driver • The RMT union is balloting its ScotRail conductor members over Abellio’s refusal to rule out the extension of Driver Only Operation (DOO) on services currently worked by ...

Water privatised, ferries tendered, fracking test drills roll as SNP govern

October 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson The long Teflon-coated SNP administration in Holyrood is facing growing turbulence as it struggles to square its public image as a left wing anti-austerity government with the reality ...