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Train drivers launch two new disputes with Avanti West Coast and LNER
Aslef members to strike on July 1st and 2nd
Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station, as Aslef union members walk out in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions, June 3, 2023

TRAIN drivers have launched two new disputes with privateer rail operators in defence of their working agreements.

Drivers’ union Aslef said that Avanti West Coast bosses have attacked the workers’ sick pay agreement and have voted for strike action.

They will walk out for 24 hours on Sunday July 2.

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