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Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan (centre) on the picket line at Waterloo station in London as members of train drivers union are launching a wave of fresh walkouts in a long-running dispute over pay, January 30, 2024
PRIVATEER railway operators that try to use the government’s minimum services level (MSL) legislation to break train drivers’ strikes will suffer a “tariff” of more action, unions have warned.
Train drivers’ union Aslef received unanimous support when it called for backing, including “industrial resistance,” for any union which defied the new laws, at the annual meeting of the TUC’s Yorkshire & Humber region in Leeds on Saturday.
Resistance would include solidarity on the picket lines, demonstrations and support for legal challenges.
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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
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