Today marks the start of the nine-day overtime restriction by Aslef train drivers, which will severely impede travel for rail customers. A prohibition on overtime for all rail operators starting today and lasting until Tuesday, February 6, is expected to result in thousands of trains being cancelled at short notice throughout the United Kingdom everyContinue reading “We Are About To Embark On Nine Days Of Train Hell”
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Rail Strikes Begin Tomorrow With A Week Of Chaos Before The Party Season
Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running dispute over pay, the Aslef union confirmed today. Aslef (the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) backed more industrial action after being reballoted, well over a year since the dispute started. The announcement comes ahead ofContinue reading “Rail Strikes Begin Tomorrow With A Week Of Chaos Before The Party Season”
Is Mick Grinch Going To Ruin Your Christmas?
Rail travellers face another festive season of disarray after the RMT voted for a further six-month strike mandate. It paves the way for the union’s boss Mick Lynch to target a second Christmas and New Year with strikes. The RMT sparked outrage last year by ordering several walkouts in December and January in a bidContinue reading “Is Mick Grinch Going To Ruin Your Christmas?”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 