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Talks to resume on Monday (October 6) in Network Rail Scottish signallers’ dispute

RMT: October 3 2008

AFTER A day of talks aimed at resolving the dispute between Network Rail and some 450 RMT signallers and supervisors in Scotland held today in Glasgow at conciliation service Acas, talks will resume on Monday morning, the union confirmed this evening.

Strike action remains scheduled to take place between noon next Tuesday, October 7, and noon on Wednesday October 8, and again between noon on Thursday October 9 and noon on Friday October 10, and a ban on overtime and rest-day working is also set to start at 00:01 on Tuesday October 7

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Notes to editors: RMT signallers and signals supervisors in Scotland voted by a margin of more than two to one for strike action over a breakdown in industrial relations that centres on agreements on rostering and transfers.