News and Media
Here you will find the lastest ASLEF news articles. Archived articles can be found in the News Archive section in the left hand navigation bar.
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- Russian Drivers Seek to Double their Roubles
- 16 May 2008Russian train drivers are to receive a 12 per cent pay rise this year although authorities claim this is completely unrelated to the threat of industrial action by the Russian Trade Union of Rail Engine Drivers.
- New Zealand takes rail back into public hands
- 15 May 2008‘The news that the New Zealand government is to repurchase its national rail and ferry operations is not only good news for passengers in that country – it is also a clear proof that the same could – and can – be done in this country,’ says ASLEF’s Keith Norman. ‘All it needs it the political will – and for the UK government to begin seeking solutions rather than excuses.’
- Petrol Prices Drive Americans into Trains
- 14 May 2008The price of petrol has driven Americans to increasingly use trains to get to work. Many American commuters who have recently changed to rail have been delighted with the savings they have made.
- Union wants apology for Eurostar delay driver
- 12 May 2008UK Eurostar drivers are demanding an apology from SNCF chief Guillaume Pepy who wrongly accused a British driver of being to blame for a 10-hour delay on the 2000 Eurostar from London to Paris on 18 April.
- Boris booze blitz ‘barmy’!
- 12 May 2008London mayor Boris Johnson has announced that he intends to ban all alcohol from the capital’s Tube system next month. ASLEF general secretary Keith Norman said this amounts to ‘policies without planning’. ‘It just hasn’t been thought through,’ Keith said.
- Cinema protest more popular than film!
- 22 Apr 2008ASLEF members last night handed out leaflets at the premier of the film ‘Three and Out’ to protest at the insensitivity of a ‘comic caper’ whose plot concerns suicides on the Tube.
- Protests over tube suicide film this evening
- 21 Apr 2008ASLEF tube drivers will be leafleting outside the premier of a new film ‘Three and Out’ at the Odeon at Leicester Square from half six until half seven this evening.
- Union sorrow at death of MP Gwyneth Dunwoody
- 18 Apr 2008ASLEF general secretary Keith Norman today expressed his ‘deep sorrow and regret’ at the death of Gwyneth Dunwoody. ‘She was a great friend of the union, a first-class representative for her constituents and someone with a genuine commitment to public transport.’
- Scotrail franchise exposes 'Sneaky Stewart'
- 3 Apr 2008Scottish Nationalist (SNP) transport minister Stewart Stevenson announced today that he has extended the Scotrail franchise for three years, up to 2014. The SNP – after all its pre-election assurances about involvement and transparency – consulted no one before taking the decision.
- For ‘Trainline’ – read ‘management line’!
- 26 Mar 2008The union has been contacted by people outraged at ‘Trainline’ poking its unwanted nose into industrial relations. This ticket sale website issued an anti-union account of the position at South West Trains to all people who had registered with them – and it seems to have angered a good number of customers as a result!
