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Members of the drivers' union Aslef on the picket line outside Newcastle station during a strike on May 31, 2023.
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TRAINS to and from Brighton during Pride weekend are cancelled, it was announced today, sparking outrage from train drivers’ union Aslef.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said it was with a “heavy heart” that it had decided not to run services to the Sussex coast city because of an overtime ban by the union.
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said: “It is outrageous and utterly ridiculous to try to blame Aslef for problems which are entirely of this train company’s own making.
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
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more