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Aslef train driver strikes continue with no signs of breakthrough in 20-month pay row
Aslef picket line in Leeds, January 31, 2024 [Neil Terry Photography]
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ASLEF train driver strikes continue tomorrow with no talks planned to end the bitter 20-month pay and conditions dispute.

Members at Chiltern, Great Western Railway and CrossCountry are to down tools as part of the union’s series of strikes, which started last week coupled with an overtime ban.

Chiltern and CrossCountry said they will not run any trains today while GWR said its services will be “extremely limited.”

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