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Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station, June 3, 2023
THE Tories were accused today of trying to scupper Labour’s plans to renationalise the railways by lowering performance targets for train firms.
Aslef said ministers were helping fat-cat bosses while handing them millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money.
A spokesman for the train drivers’ union told the Morning Star: “The Tories, who know they are on course to lose the next election, are doing their best to undermine Labour’s pledge, popular with passengers and voters, to bring our railways back into public ownership.
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Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY