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Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station
TRAIN drivers are to stage a fourth week-long overtime ban next month over pay, their union Aslef announced today.
The union warned that the action, from July 31 to August 5, will “seriously disrupt services” because profiteering operators refuse to employ enough drivers to fulfil timetables.
Operators have been accused by the union of exploiting an overtime agreement, intended to provide training for new drivers, using it instead to maintain timetabled services.
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