New Aslef overtime ban to cause further train disruption

Train drivers successful the Aslef national person announced a caller overtime ban, which volition spot services further disrupted.

Drivers astatine 15 bid companies based successful England volition garbage to enactment overtime from Monday 17 to Saturday 22 July.

It follows the overtime prohibition presently taking spot implicit wage and conditions which is disrupting services crossed the obstruction network.

Most bid companies trust connected drivers moving overtime to tally their afloat schedules.

Aslef wide caput Mick Whelan had antecedently said further concern enactment was likely.

He told the BBC's Today programme connected Monday the Rail Delivery Group's latest wage offer, worthy 4% for 2 years successful a enactment and linked to reforms, was similar a instrumentality to "Victorian times".

The long-running wage quality by bid drivers centres astir national members accepting a woody which would person brought drivers' mean wage to £65,000. This connection has already been rejected by Aslef.

But it would person been babelike connected changes to moving practices, which the employers and authorities accidental are needed to chopped costs and modernise however the railway runs.

Strikes by different obstruction workers successful the RMT national are acceptable to instrumentality spot aboriginal this month, connected 20, 22 and 29 July. Many volition trim their work levels, and passengers are being advised to cheque earlier they travel.