Rail workers to walk out in fresh strike action with 40,000 to take part across country

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Rail workers to walk out in fresh strike action with 40,000 to take part across country
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The RMT union announced another day of strikes will take place on October 8 in the ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. It will follow already planned strike action on October 1 and 5.

Rail workers will take part in another day of strikes next month in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

Previous industrial action by workers has led to widespread travel chaos for rail users over the summer, with the dispute having a significant knock-on impact for Scottish trains, despite ScotRail not being directly involved.Train passengers have previously been warned to expect significant disruption following the previous strikes.

"We welcome this more positive approach from the government to engage with us as a first step to finding a suitable settlement.

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