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/in Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish Government, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminScotRail ticket offices under threat to help fund staff pay increase – The Scotsman
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Some ScotRail ticket offices could be closed or downgraded to help fund a pay rise for its 5,300 staff, The Scotsman has learned.
Other options believed to be being considered are cutting catering on trains, which has only been partially reinstated after being suspended due to the Covid pandemic.
They come as ScotRail’s four unions today rejected a 2.2 per cent increase tied to efficiency savings.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) announced a strike ballot over pay on Wednesday.
Engineers in the Unite union started industrial action last Friday.
There was speculation that ticket offices under threat of closure could include Burntisland, Kinghorn and Cowdenbeath in Fife and Easterhouse in Glasgow.
Others could see their opening hours reduced, but staff would be redeployed as ScotRail has a no compulsory redundancies policy.
An industry source said ScotRail’s ticket offices had not been reviewed for at least 15 years and some were very little used.
They said the number of closures might be “very small”, perhaps as few as three.
In a report published in August, Professor Iain Docherty of the University of Stirling, the country’s leading transport academic, questioned “whether legacy business activities such as the provision of ticket offices is viable in future”.
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Glasgow is suffering because SNP council leader won’t stand up to Nicola Sturgeon – The Scotsman
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Home to around one-fifth of the nation’s population and sustaining hundreds of thousands of jobs, the city will shape Scotland’s economic performance in the years ahead.
This week, the 23rd annual State of the City Economy Conference will be held in Glasgow and hear about the opportunities for growth. The city has a chance to transform into a green powerhouse and take advantage of new industries such as digital tech.
We have the people and we have the talent. But this transformation will also require ambition for Glasgow. And that is sadly lacking in the current SNP administration in the City Chambers. With Susan Aitken in charge, we do not have a champion for our city.
Instead we have someone who refuses to take responsibility and blames the residents of Glasgow for its current challenges – wrapped up in rhetoric that would make Margaret Thatcher blush.
It’s just a “spruce up” that the city needs, she told STV in a car-crash interview. It’s “wee neds” to blame for the state of the city, she told the BBC in another attempt at deflection.
Rubbish piling up on the streets? People need to take more responsibility for cleanliness in their communities, according to Councillor Aitken. Every single time, whatever the problem, there is always someone else to blame for the SNP.
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