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Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan (right) at a picket line at Euston station in London, as members of the drivers' union Aslef and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) go on strike, October 2022
TORY ministers must “end the merry-go-round” and let rail bosses negotiate an end to a long-running dispute over pay, Aslef demanded today as its members prepare for more strikes.
The train driver union’s head Mick Whelan told the Morning Star that industrial action would continue across the network until Downing Street “unshackled” employers and allowed them to make an offer to his members, who last got a wage increase in 2019.
Workers at 11 train operating companies will withdraw their labour for another 24-hours on Saturday in a five-month dispute over plummeting take-home pay amid soaring inflation.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
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
