Interview ‘We’re fighting for the voice of the workers’ With rail services in England at a standstill again today, general secretary of drivers’ union Aslef MICK WHELAN talks to Morning Star reporter Peter Lazenby about why members are taking strike action
Sunday 12th Sep 2021 TUC 2021 Using public procurement to provide good jobs in Britain MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, is urging the government to use public-sector procurement to create – and protect – good jobs here in Britain
Monday 14th Sep 2020 TUC Congress 2020 We need to run our own railway Grant Shapps has admitted that 26 years of rail privatisation hasn’t delivered for passengers, staff or taxpayers. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers' union, argues that it’s time to bring our railway back into public ownership
Friday 01st May 2020 All workers — and only workers — are ‘essential’ We need to recalibrate our economy and our society around the real ‘wealth creators,’ writes MICK WHELAN
Monday 06th Apr 2020 The ideals and the vision to deliver Aslef leader MICK WHELAN welcomes the news that Sir Keir Starmer has been elected leader of the Labour Party
Monday 02nd Dec 2019 Trade unions and the Labour Party must walk hand in hand MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, explains the background to the Labour-union link, and the importance of electing a Labour government on December 12
Saturday 21st Sep 2019 Labour Party Conference ’19 The unions, alongside the Labour Party, will help rebuild Britain after nine years of Tory austerity MICK WHELAN, leader of train drivers’ union Aslef and chair of Labour Unions, reflects on the importance of the labour movement to the Labour Party
Sunday 08th Sep 2019 TUC Congress ’19 Creating a green transport system in Britain MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, calls on Congress to back the train drivers’ demands for the government to tackle climate change by investing in rail
Monday 17th Jun 2019 I want to see fewer people who look like me At Houses of Parliament today, Aslef will launch its new On Track With Diversity report which reveals the glaring gap between those in the cab at the front of the train and the communities they serve. MICK WHELAN asks what the rail industry needs to do about this problem
Monday 13th May 2019 Train drivers stand united for nationalised railways and socialism Aslef’s annual assembly of delegates begins today in Leeds, where the train drivers’ union was formed back in 1880. MICK WHELAN looks back — and forward
Sunday 23rd Sep 2018 We’re proud to have our party back – the party of socialism The New Labour days when trade unions were regarded as an ‘embarrassment’ are firmly in the past, writes MICK WHELAN