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THE general election offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring Britain’s railways back into public ownership, train drivers heard yesterday.
We Own It campaign group director Cat Hobbs, addressing the Aslef union’s annual conference, highlighted the unique chance to vote for public ownership on June 8.
“It’s great that public ownership is back on the political agenda in a way that hasn’t happened in Britain for a very long time,” she said.
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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
