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Train drivers ready for strikes amid pay battle
Members of the Aslef union on a picket line at Euston station in London. Picture date: Friday September 1, 2023.
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A ROLLING programme of strikes by train drivers continues this week as their union Aslef fights for a pay deal.

The union is mounting a week-long rolling programme of 24-hour strikes against 16 train operators, and drivers at c2c and Greater Anglia will be out today.

Drivers are also implementing an overtime ban, which disrupts timetables because rail operators employ insufficient drivers to meet their schedules.

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