Rail passengers will face more disruption on Saturday (August 13) due to strikes by train drivers. More industrial action is planned in the coming weeks amid the worsening disputes over jobs, pay and conditions.
Members of Aslef at nine train companies will walk out for 24 hours, crippling large parts of the network, with some parts of the country having no services.
Football fans, tourists and holidaymakers will be among tens of thousands of passengers affected by the strikes. Aslef will mount picket lines outside railway stations, with officials saying they expect continuing support from the public despite the impact of the action.
Mick Whelan, Aslef’s general secretary, told the PA news agency that the train companies were unable to offer a pay rise without the permission of the Department for Transport, but the government was insisting it had nothing to do with them. Read more:Stag almost kicked out of £2,000 Ibiza club after £30 shorts prank He warned that if there is no breakthrough to the long-running row soon, more strikes are likely to be called.
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