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Two new train strikes have been announced on September 30 and October 5, but what companies are affected? Read on to find out.
ASLEF, the union that represents train drivers across the UK, is striking as the dispute over pay and conditions continues.
ASLEF calls strike on September 30
The union announced the new train strikes for Saturday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 4 on Friday (September 15).
As well as the two further days of action, they also imposed an overtime ban across the whole rail network on Friday 29 September and from Monday 2 to Friday 6 October.
“The strike will force the train operating companies to cancel all services and the ban on overtime will seriously disrupt the network,” ASLEF said.
They added that the privatised train companies “have always failed to employ enough drivers to provide a proper service”.
“The service they promise passengers, businesses, and the government they will deliver – without asking drivers to work their rest days.”
The RMT hasn’t announced any further rail strikes when writing this.
What train companies are affected?
The strike will affect 16 train companies across Britain:
- Avanti West Coast
- Chiltern Railways
- c2c
- CrossCountry
- East Midlands Railway
- Greater Anglia
- GTR Great Northern Thameslink
- Great Western Railway
- Island Line; LNER
- Northern Trains
- Southeastern
- Southern
- Gatwick Express
- South Western Railway
- TransPennine Express
- West Midlands Trains
‘Forced into this position’
ASLEF’s general secretary Mick Whelan said the union has “been forced into” the new round of strikes as its workers still have not received a pay rise.
“While we regret having to take this action – we don’t want to lose a day’s pay, or disrupt passengers, as they try to travel by train – the government, and the employers, have forced us into this position,” he said.
“Our members have not, now, had a pay rise for four years – since 2019 – and that’s not right when prices have soared in that time. Train drivers, perfectly reasonably, want to be able to buy now what they could buy four years ago.”
He is calling the Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper to “come out of hiding” – claiming he hasn’t heard anything from a minister since January.
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