RAIL workers across Scotland will strike this weekend as a two-year dispute over conditions rumbles on.

Managers will strike on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 of March as part of efforts to drive a resolution in a dispute over on-call working arrangements that last saw them strike in December.

Despite discussions between ScotRail and TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust, no agreement has yet been reached to change the arrangements which workers argue not only risks their own safety, but those of their passengers.

Ms Eslamdoust said: “Our members are vital to the safe running of the Scotland’s railways day in day out and deserve to be treated with respect by their employers over their legitimate grievances. 

“Since our last walkout we have only grown in strength among these grades.

“We would prefer to have meaningful talks with ScotRail to move our dispute forward — however we go into these strikes united and determined.” 

The Scottish government was contacted for comment.