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Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station, June 3, 2023
TRAIN drivers at LNER and Northern will strike today over the train companies’ persistent failure to comply with existing agreements, Aslef has said.
In a separate dispute over the national long-running pay dispute between the union and 16 train operating companies, members at the two companies refused to work non-contractual overtime from today to Saturday.
An Aslef spokesman said LNER has for nearly two years “constantly badgered [members] for favours and non-compliance with rostering arrangements,” while paying managers £500 a shift to drive trains on strike days.
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
