Train drivers announce they will on strike over two days in October
Train drivers will go on strike for two days next month as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, a union has confirmed. The latest industrial action on the railways is set to hit Northern, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express services across Greater Manchester.
The union Aslef announced today - Tuesday - that drivers will walk out on Saturday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 5. Aslef said drivers previously took strike action on July 30 and August 13, but said their 'employers are still failing to come to the table with any improved offer'. Aslef said today it has 'successfully negotiated' pay deals with nine train companies this year and was 'only in dispute with those companies which have failed to offer their drivers - our members - anything'. "And these are drivers who have not have an increase since 2019," read a statement.
"They are telling train drivers to take a real terms pay cut. With inflation now running at 12.3 per cent and set, it is said, to go higher, these companies are saying that drivers should be prepared to work just as hard, for just as long, but for considerably less.