Train drivers accept pay deal, ending long dispute with 16 firms
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a multi-year pay deal, ending a two-year dispute at 16 train companies, their union Aslef has announced.
Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, has said his members are βpleasedβ with a new pay deal that will see the end of more than two years of strike action. Aslef union members accepted an offer which included a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022-23, a 4.75% rise for 23-24, and a 4.5% increase for 24-25.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a multi-year pay deal, ending a two-year dispute at 16 train companies, their union Aslef has announced.
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