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Empty stairs and escalators in London's Oxford Street Underground station on March 24
BRITAIN’S rail unions have urged government leaders to keep the country in lockdown for now amid fears that a premature end to restrictions could put the lives of passengers and rail staff at risk.
Representatives of Aslef, RMT and the TSSA have written to the governments at Westminster, Holyrood and Cardiff.
The joint plea, signed by general secretaries Mick Whelan, Mick Cash and Manuel Cortes, sets out the case that this is not the time to lift the lockdown and run more trains, following weeks of reduced service.
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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
