Posted
14th
August
2024
|
ASLEF
pay
talks
resume
Further
talks
over
train
drivers’
pay
are
understood
to
be
taking
place
today
between
ASLEF
and
the
Department
for
Transport.
However,
the
operators
represented
by
the
Rail
Delivery
Group
are
not
involved.
If
the
talks
succeed,
they
will
bring
a
long
series
of
strikes
to
an
end.
The
union
had
complained
repeatedly
that
the
previous
Conservative
government
had
refused
to
negotiate
after
a
pay
offer
was
rejected
in
April
last
year.
That
offer
had
included
a
series
of
4
percent
pay
rises,
but
with
these
came
controversial
changes
to
rosters
and
other
arrangements.
These
included
a
bid
to
end
discretionary
Sunday
working
by
introducing
a
seven-day
working
week.
Several
operators
have
claimed
that
a
lack
of
drivers
on
Sundays
had
caused
cancellations,
while
the
final
of
the
Euros
on
14
July
was
said
to
have
had
a
similar
effect.
After
Labour
was
elected
last
month,
transport
secretary
Louise
Haigh
said
she
was
committed
to
‘resetting’
industrial
relations.
Neither
side
has
commented
in
advance
of
the
new
talks.
