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A PLANNED overtime ban by Southern drivers from Sunday has been suspended for two weeks to allow time for talks over driver-only trains.
Train drivers’ union Aslef announced the decision yesterday to allow all outstanding issues to be discussed.
The union will also sit down with the company in separate talks to try to resolve a range of issues over drivers’ terms and conditions, industrial relations and pay.
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