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GUARDS and drivers on Southern trains are set to stage fresh strike action next week in the long-running dispute over driver-only operation, the RMT union announced yesterday.
There will be a 24-hour stoppage by guards on Monday, followed by a walkout by drivers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
RMT is angry at its “exclusion” from talks between train drivers’ union Aslef and the company and is pressing for a seat at the negotiating table.
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
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
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