The Edinburgh Trams workforce is voting in a ballot for strike action over late running times which are cutting short comfort breaks.
Trade union Unite, which represents drivers, ticket service assistants, controllers and vehicle maintenance workers on the tram network, said there had been an “alarming rise in incidents at work, including stress and infections” owing to workers being unable to go to the toilet.
The union said a new timetable had added four minutes to each round trip between Edinburgh Airport and Newhaven.
The extension to Newhaven, which runs via Leith and opened last year, is primarily on main roads - in contrast to the ballast-based light rails on much of the route south of Haymarket.
Competing for space with regular traffic on a larger proportion of the route…
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