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BRITAIN’S worst-performing railway is set to be shut down by a fresh wave of drivers’ strikes next month.
Drivers’ union Aslef announced yesterday that its members had voted to walk out in a new dispute over pay.
The dispute covers Southern and Gatwick Express services — which are both run as part of Govia Thameslink Railway, which is partly owned by the French state.
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