the rmt said members who work for scotrail and caledonian sleeper will stage industrial action during off now. explain what is threatened here, what the risks are. this has essentially been a long—running dispute between the rmt union and managers at scotrail about paying and it has come to a head with this threat now, strike action. management at scotrail said they put a new offer on the table for the rmt workers but leaders of the union say it is not sufficient, not adequate, and that threat of strike action remains in place from the first of next month through to the 12, right the way through the whole of cop26, and they say if this strike happens, there will be no trains operating in scotland during that fortnight. there is also another strike which is a possibility of refuge cleansing staff and support staff in schools in glasgow, a separate dispute, during the g —— between the gmb union and glasgow city council, which is also expected to be during cop26. we don't which is also expected to be during cop26. we don�*t know the exact dates and union leaders say they are workers —— t

scotrail has put forward an offer, a pay offer of 4.7% over two years along with a £300 payment for thosehe offer on the table. three of the rail unions have accepted that offer but as i said, the rmt which has more than 2000 members north of the border, has firmly rejected that and been very public. it has been a public row in scotland over the last few weeks. the rmt is mainly made up of conductors and ticket examiners, crucial to the running of the rail service north of the border. the rmt has been saying all along its has been saying all along it's looking for a meaningful offer. they have not put a figure on exactly what they are looking for, but today, came this from the rmt. 4.7% over two years is not acceptable, more so when the rpi is sitting at 4.9% as we speak. so what we are actually saying is we want a pay increase in line with the retail price index. i don't think that's beinunrealistic. a one—year deal with efficiency savings removed, we could actually send to strike today. that's a very interesting new perspective from the rmt. the transport minister has been clear they ar

we are very pleased that strike action is no longer in prospect on scotrail services during cop or atping to ease a bit the pressure on our roads and rail services, and also of course helping to ensure priority access for key workers such as nhs staff. if people do need to travel, and of course many people will require to travel, then our advice is to plan routes carefully. glasgow city council has created a set of maps which are designed to help people do that, and which provide information about where and when congestion is expected. those maps can be found on the travel section of the get ready glasgow website, which is get ready glasgow dot—com. we also anticipate some disruption as a result of protests during the next few weeks and i want to say a few words on that matterjust now as well. scotland and glasgow have a proud tradition of activism and peaceful protest. in fact i have personally taken part in many peaceful protest in the city over the past 30 years or so. the city slogan is people make glasgow and thatis slogan is people make glasgow and that is one that i hope at the