Train drivers in new wave of strikes over pay dispute

Published date21 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Members of Aslef will hold a rolling programme of one-day walkouts between April 5 and 8, coupled with a six-day ban on overtime

The union said it wanted to increase the pressure on the 'intransigent' train companies and the 'tone-deaf' government following a series of strikes stretching back 20 months.

Train drivers have now not had a pay rise for five years, since April 2019, said Aslef.

Drivers will strike on Friday, April 5 at Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains, and

CrossCountry, on Saturday, April 6 at Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern, and TransPennine, and on Monday, April 8 at c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railway main line and depot drivers, and SWR Island Line.

Members will also refuse to work their rest days from Thursday, April 4 to Saturday, April 6 and from Monday 8 to Tuesday, April 9.

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said: "Last month, when we announced renewed mandates for industrial action, because under the...

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