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ASLEF leader Mick Whelan called on the Tories to come clean yesterday and admit that breaking the unions is government policy.
In a passionate speech to the conference of the train drivers’ union, Mr Whelan highlighted Department for Transport civil servant Peter Wilkinson’s anti-union rant in February.
Mr Wilkinson told a public meeting that “we have to break” train drivers if they resist changes to working hours.
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