New practice drivers’ strike to coincide with Tory Social gathering convention in Manchester

Train drivers will take strike motion on 30 September and 4 October to coincide with the Conservative Party’s convention in Manchester, a union has introduced.

Aslef mentioned the businesses affected by the strikes embrace: 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; and West Midlands Trains.

The recent industrial motion will come as a blow for Rishi Sunak who will gave his first Conservative celebration convention as chief and prime minister disrupted by separate strikes by junior medical doctors and consultants.

Junior medical doctors and consultants in England introduced that they may take joint strike motion for the primary time over 4 days throughout September and October – together with on 4 October – in what the British Medical Association (BMA) mentioned was the primary joint strike between the professions in NHS historical past.

The strikes by Aslef are simply the most recent improvement within the ongoing battle between the union and the federal government over pay and dealing situations.

There has already been extreme disruption to the rail community this summer season, with a 24-hour strike in early September coinciding with the final weekend of the summer season holidays.

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