Rail passengers face fresh travel chaos on Friday because of another strike by drivers in the long-running dispute over pay, which will cripple services across the country.The 24-hour walkout by members of Aslef will severely affect timetables, with trains starting later and finishing earlier than usual, with some areas having no trains all day.
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00:00 Just to refresh people's memories, during the pandemic we were key workers.
00:04 We moved other key workers about, we moved food and medicine around the country, and
00:07 during that period of time the people we worked for made £500 million.
00:11 We didn't see a pay rise during those two years, but in year three, when interest and
00:15 inflation started going through the roof, we thought we felt we deserved a pay rise
00:19 along with the rest of society.
00:21 So here we are now, virtually five years for some of our members without a pay rise.
00:26 You see the mood, I get feedback from right across the country, even though it's raining,
00:31 they're out here in the rain, losing money to fight for their futures.
00:34 They're the people who tell us what to do.
00:36 I keep hearing these statements from the RRDG about the 'as-left' leadership.
00:39 It's not the leadership that are out on strike, it's the people who tell us what to do, the
00:43 members that are out on strike.
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