Late Running Dispute


The Daily Record reports that the RMT member at the centre of the planned strike at ScotRail was dismissed by his employer several months ago - back in March 2012.

Now I can't be the only person to find it rather strange that the dispute is still dragging on all this time later - and that dates for strike action called by the RMT just happen to coincide with one of the busiest periods of the year - the run up to Christmas.

Nor has the RMT said whether the union is actively pursuing a claim for unfair dismissal to the Employment Tribunals - which is the obvious thing to do in the circumstances.

Since a tribunal hearing would involve an independent examination of all the facts and issue an impartial decision as to whether or not the dismissal was unfair - without the need for a strike and all the inconvenience to the travelling public.

The more I read about the RMT - the more I think the union leadership is completely out of control.

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