Friday 20 Jan 2012
WSSC INDUSTRIAL ACTION SUSPENDED
- Region & Route:
- Scotland’s Railway: Scotland
The RMT has suspended plans for strike action at the West of Scotland Signalling Centre next week, following ACAS-facilitated talks.
The union and Network Rail will instead progress the union’s grievance regarding appointing signallers on merit through the established collective bargaining agreement between the union and employer.
As a result, strikes planned for January 23 and 27 have been suspended and a normal service will be provided for passengers using Glasgow Central Station.
Notes to editors
This dispute only affected 32 staff based at the West of Scotland Signalling Centre. It was not a national dispute.
The RMT had wished to see appointments at the centre based solely on seniority (a practice that has not been commonplace since British Rail was privatised in 1994). The union had also wished to see a signaller recently appointed to a temporary post at the WSSC (through an open, merit-based selection process) removed from his position and the job given to its preferred candidate instead.
The West of Scotland Signalling Centre is the most modern facility of its kind in Scotland. The purpose-built, £20m centre opened in 2008.
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