Train drivers will strike again next month “to ratchet up the pressure” in their long-running pay dispute, their union Aslef declared on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Aslef union, the latest walkouts will increase pressure on rail companies and the government to give train drivers their first boost in more than four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On December 2, union members will strike at EMR and LNER; on December 3, at Avanti West Coast, Chiltern, Great Northern Thameslink and WMT; on December 5, at C2C and Greater Anglia; on December 6, at Southeastern, Southern\/Gatwick Express, the SWR main line and depot and on the Island Line; on December 7, at CrossCountry and GWR; and on December 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Aslef members will refuse to work any overtime from Friday December 1 to Saturday 9 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aslef said it had previously called all its members out on strike on the same day but by spreading the action, the ramifications for the rail industry will be “greater”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are determined to win this dispute and get a significant pay rise for train drivers who have not had an increase since 2019, while the cost of living, in that time, has soared,” Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Train drivers will strike again next month “to ratchet up the pressure” in their long-running pay dispute, their union Aslef declared on Thursday. According to the Aslef union, the latest … <\/p>\n