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Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan on the picket line at Euston train station in London, April 5, 2024
MICK WHELAN has condemned rail companies for their failure to engage in negotiations in the near two-year long train driver pay dispute.
Aslef’s general secretary said he is “getting lonely” from the bosses’ silence as he joined union members on the picket line today.
Members of the train drivers’ union walked out for the third strike in the past four days, affecting services operated by c2c, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway, Great Northern and Thameslink.
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