Members of the Aslef union at 16 rail companies will strike on different days after eight participated in a 24-hour strike earlier this month.
The strikes come three months after the London Mayor spent £30 million of public funds to prevent the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, also known as (RMT) from staging a week-long walkout.
The strikes come three months after the London Mayor spent £30 million of public funds to prevent the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, also known as (RMT) from staging a week-long walkout.
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00:00 Londoners are set to endure yet more train strikes at the start of May to add to those
00:06 held in April. Members of the Aslef Union at 16 rail companies will strike on different
00:12 days after eight participated in a 24-hour strike earlier this month. The strikes come
00:19 just three months after the London Mayor spent £30 million of public funds to prevent the
00:24 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, also known as RMT, from staging a
00:30 week-long walkout. Aslef Union's General Secretary Mick Whelan said it's now been a year since
00:36 they sat in a room with the train companies and a year since they rejected their offer.
00:41 He also said it had been privately admitted that the offer was designed to be rejected.
00:48 While a spokesman from the Department of Transport has said Aslef is the only rail union continuing
00:53 to strike and claimed Aslef was also targeting passengers. Drivers will strike for 24 hours
01:00 on three consecutive dates between Tuesday May 7th and Thursday May 9th. There will also
01:06 be an overtime ban on all train companies from Monday May 6th to Saturday May 11th.
01:12 This means that parts of the country, including London, will have no services from affected
01:17 operators on strike days. Trains are also expected to start later and finish earlier
01:23 elsewhere. Passengers have been advised to check before they travel between bank holiday
01:27 Monday on May 6th and Saturday May 11th. On Tuesday May 7th the lines affected are Great
01:34 Anglia, GTRs Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern including Gatwick Express, South
01:39 Eastern Railway and South Western Railway. On Wednesday May 8th the lines affected are
01:45 Avanti West Coast, London North Western, Railway, Chiltern, Cross Country, East Midlands Railway
01:52 but for a full list and to keep updated on all industrial action happening around London
01:57 head to Londonworld.com