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Empty tracks in Kings Cross train station in London as members of the drivers union Aslef at seven train operators walk out for 24 hours over pay. Picture date: Saturday July 30, 2022.
TRAIN drivers’ union Aslef warned today of more strike action after its members’ “solid and successful” stoppage over the weekend, and told Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to “stop lying.”
Drivers at nine companies have joined rail unions RMT and TSSA in taking strike action as the industry descends further into chaos under Mr Shapps’s stewardship.
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan told the Morning Star: “The strike was solid and successful.
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
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