An urgent search has been launched for a Scots man who vanished four days ago.
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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.
It will also affect travel for delegates and visitors to the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.
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'.
Drivers from 12 train operators in total are set to be involved - Avanti West Coast; Chiltern Railways; CrossCountry; Greater Anglia; Great Western Railway; Hull Trains; LNER; London Overground; Northern Trains; Southeastern; TransPennine Express and West Midlands Trains.
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The train drivers' trade union represents 96 per cent of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales. A strike had been called for September 15, but that was called off by the union after the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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.
Mick Whelan, Aslef's general secretary, said: "We would much rather not be in this position. We don't want to go on strike - withdrawing your labour, although a fundamental human right, is always a last resort for this
An urgent search has been launched for a Scots man who vanished four days ago.
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Train drivers will resume their strikes next month as part of a long-running dispute over pay.
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