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Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan (centre) on the picket line at Euston train station in London, as members of train drivers union are launching a wave of fresh walkouts in a long-running dispute over pay, April 5, 2024
THE last of a three-day wave of strikes by train drivers’ union Aslef is set to hit profiteering private operators across England tomorrow.
The stoppages, in which different groups of operators are hit on different days, began on Friday with strike action affecting Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Railway and CrossCountry.
On Saturday drivers were out at Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express.
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
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
