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CONDUCTORS with a major rail company overwhelmingly voted for strike action yesterday in defiance of bosses’ plans to bring in driver-only trains.
Ninety-five per cent of RMT members among Southern conductors backed the walkouts on April 26 and May 10 and 12.
The result was announced after Govia Thameslink Railway said that it was taking drivers’ union Aslef to court over the refusal of its members on the Gatwick Express route to drive extra-long trains without guards.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
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
