8th Jan 2003 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10799/anti-war-train-drivers
Source:
Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”
#antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
#transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity
Patrick Blower on #ASLEF #unions #trains #traindrivers #railways #uk #strikes #politics #publicsector #ukpolitics – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3yYqM3PGD0
🔴 #NovaraLIVE 16 August 2024 #news
#TrainDrivers Announce Fresh Strikes
Success of UK rail drivers struggle means challenging #ASLEF’s betrayal with fight for rank-and-file committees - World Socialist Web Site
Overtime ban by train drivers ahead of strike | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/aslef-england-conservative-party-government-rail-delivery-group-b2420677.html
I have a day off from work today, been a good couple of days giving training. If anyone wants to know what being a train driver is really like just ask. By the way, it’s almost certainly not what you’d expect #trains #traindrivers
Last night was one of the most rewarding shifts I’ve had in a while. I had a trainee with me who has never driven a train before. We got some good driving done and each trip saw improvements. Still a way to go but I’m very happy with their progress 😊 #trains #training #traindrivers
“When I’ve asked how many years do you intend to not even give us an inflation pay rise, we haven’t had an answer,” Mick Whelan of ASLEF in the Guardian
I was involved (in a small way) with civil service pay on the trade union side from about 2010 up to last year, and this is the thing. The UK government patently does not believe that pay should keep pace with inflation. Or to put it another way, they believe it is right to make their own staff poorer over time by stealth. Eventually there is no option but to strike or leave the job, because it is obvious that otherwise your living standards will fall and fall until you cannot make ends meet.
@tradeunion #tradeunion #UKstrike #civilservice #aslef #traindrivers #pay
#nursesstrike #strikes #postalworkers #traindrivers #railworkers #solidarity #uk #brexit #RishiSunak #economy #tories
I can not remember a Winter of so many strikes #RoyalMail #nurses #traindrivers #rail staff #university staff since 1978
who do I blame? @rishisunak@twitter.com … and his corrupt money grabbing #toryMPs
We no longer trust the #tories nor their media lackeys. Time for a #GeneralElection
There is pretty much a #GeneralStrike going on in the UK right now.
Who have we had striking/planning to strike so far.
#barristers
#nurses
#trainworkers
#PostalWorkers
#Paramedics
#BorderStaff
#HeathrowStaff
#DrivingExaminers
#JuniorDoctors
#Teachers
#Breweries
#Eurostar
#BusDrivers
#Midwives
#Firefighters
#TrainDrivers
Something in the UK is very broken that the system has failed so many people who work in such essential roles.
PAY THEM MORE!
Just some clarity here for those who don't know.
The #RMT Union has nothing to do with #traindrivers. Their union is #ASLEF yes that's #ASLEF, not The #RMT
Is that clear? Good!
