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THE amount of freight on Britain’s railways has shrunk by almost a third in the last year, train drivers heard yesterday.
The government and the freight operating companies are entirely to blame for it declining by a whopping 30 per cent, Aslef conference noted.
Delegates pointed out that the Tory government, and the Conservative-led coalition before it, has forced coal and steel off the railways — and pretty much off the industrial map of Britain.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more