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03.10.2023 - 16:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Hundreds of rail services will be cancelled on Wednesday as train drivers across the country go on strike.
All major operators are set to be affected by the industrial action with most cancelling all services for the whole of the day. It comes as members of the drivers’ union Aslef at 16 train operators in England walk out as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
The strike coincides with the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference which is taking place in Manchester. Mick Whelan, Aslef’s general secretary, said the government was preventing a settlement to the year-long dispute that has already led to a number of walkouts.
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Mr Whelan said: “Our members have not 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.”
Mr Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of “hiding”, saying the two had not met since last December. Mr Whelan added: “He holds the purse strings. The train operating companies have told us they cannot act without his say so. He’s the puppet master, but he’s in hiding.”
A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “The Government spent £31 billion of taxpayers’ money – £1,000 per household – to protect rail workers’ jobs during the pandemic. “There is a fair and reasonable offer on the table that would take train drivers’ salaries from £60,000 to £65,000 for a 35-hour, four-day week.
“Aslef’s leaders won’t put this offer to their members
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