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Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan (centre) and Labour MPs Dawn Butler and Barry Gardiner (standing, third from right) at a picket line at Willesden Junction station in London, as members of the drivers union Aslef at nine train operators walk out for 24 hours over pay
TRAIN drivers are to resume their long-running campaign of strikes over plummeting take-home pay next month, it emerged yesterday.
Workers at 12 train operators will reportedly walk out on October 1 and 5, according to LNER, one of the companies affected.
Train drivers’ union Aslef will not make any public comment until after the Queen’s funeral on Monday, but LNER managing director David Horne tweeted that the firm had already suspended ticket sales for those dates.
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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
