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- Braking Safety Concerns Stop London Tube Lines
- 27 Sep 2007A tube train driver discovered a fault on the braking system of trains on the Circle Line on Tuesday. He reported it and management agreed to remedy the situation. In the interim a similar fault was discovered on other trains on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.
- 75 percent opposed to road trains says poll
- 27 Sep 2007A National Opinion Poll (NOP) survey shows that 75% of the general public is opposed to the introduction of ‘road trains’ - known as LHVs - onto UK roads. The survey further revealed that 80% of the general public favoured the government encouraging more freight to go by rail instead of by road.
- Minister will need persuading over roadtrains
- 27 Sep 2007Transport minister Ruth Kelly said at today’s Labour Party conference that she will take a ‘heck of a lot of persuading’ to accept that 60 tonne lorries should be allowed onto UK roads. Ruth was responding to a question put to her by ASLEF delegate Pauline Cawood.
- Resolution to London Tube problems
- 27 Sep 2007A tube train driver discovered a fault on the braking system of trains on the Circle Line on Tuesday. He reported it and management agreed to remedy the situation. In the interim a similar fault was discovered on other trains on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.
- MML Pensionable Pay dispute: background
- 21 Sep 2007The union has written to all its members employed by Midland Mainline to explain the background to its decision to ballot for industrial action over pensionable pay.
- Sliverlink ballot over pensionable pay
- 20 Sep 2007The Executive Committee has begun preparations for a ballot of ASLEF members in Silverlink over pensionable pay.
- Union to ballot Midland Mainline over pensions
- 17 Sep 2007ASLEF is to ballot its members in Midland Mainline (MML), accusing the company of ‘underhand tactics’ by its refusal to enhance pension provision when pay improvements have been agreed in the past.
- TfL pays ASLEF rep £11.5K for safety breaches
- 5 Sep 2007An ASLEF member who was prevented from fulfilling his health and safety role by London Underground has won thousands of pounds compensation in a resounding victory at an employment tribunal.
- Grayrigg report released
- 4 Sep 2007Network Rail has today released the industry report to the Grayrigg rail disaster that took place on 23rd February 2007.
- Metronet strike
- 3 Sep 2007The RMT - the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - has announced that the proposed strike of it’s 2,300 plus members working for Metronet is to go ahead on Monday 3 September 2007, from 18.00, for 72 hours.
