Union votes to ban overtime

Railway workers have voted to indefinitely ban working overtime and rest days in a dispute over pay equality.

RMT members agreed “overwhelmingly” for the decision, which comes into force on Scotrail services from 12am today.

The row centres around how drivers are being offered enhanced payments for working outside normal contracted hours, while other employees are not. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: “This dispute is about equality and justice across grades in the Scotrail workplace.

“It cannot be right that the company seem to value one group of workers over another.”

He added: “Their approach to the rest day working payments, where they have only offered driver grades enhanced arrangements is nothing short of discriminatory.”