New Glasgow subway strike dates clash with TRNSMT festival

Employees on the Glasgow Subway will stage a strike over three consecutive days on the identical weekend town levels Scotland’s largest music pageant.Unite held three days of motion final week however the newest wave will coincide with TRNSMT on Glasgow Inexperienced. The strikes are resulting from a dispute between Unite the union and subway operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) over working circumstances.The union has claimed the underground is badly understaffed, an accusation SPT has rejected.Unite mentioned greater than 100 staff will go on strike on Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July.Round 50,000 music followers will attend TRNSMT – which is being held half a mile from the St Enoch subway station – on every of the strike days.Headliners this 12 months embody Snow Patrol, Biffy Clyro and 50 Cent.The union’s basic secretary Sharon Graham mentioned: “Unite’s members will not settle for insupportable working circumstances. “SPT has had years to resolve the issue and has failed to take action. Our members have mentioned sufficient is sufficient. “We’ll help all of them the best way of their struggle for higher jobs, pay and circumstances.”The union has had a steady extra time ban in place since 13 June and an interim provide by SPT was “overwhelmingly rejected” by its members.BBC Scotland Information has requested SPT for remark.The operator beforehand mentioned it remained “dedicated to searching for a decision by constructive ongoing negotiations”.A social media put up throughout final week mentioned that season ticket holders affected by the strikes will obtain someday of pay-as-you-go credit score on their smartcard per affected day.Final month’s strikes coincide with three main gigs at Bellahouston Park, which live performance goers usually attain by way of strolling from the subway station at Ibrox.Singer-songwriter Sting headlined on the park on Wednesday, whereas rock bands Easy Minds and Stereophonics took to the stage on Friday and Saturday.