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Crisis talks at EWS

12 Dec 2008EWS management have been engaging ASLEF and the other rail unions in urgent talks as they prepare their proposals to deal with the current economic downturn.

Heathrow extension decision delayed

4 Dec 2008The Department for Transport has decided to delay its decision on whether a third runway should be built at Heathrow. Keith Norman welcomed the Prime Minister’s assurance that a final decision will only be made after full consideration of the environmental implications. ‘If this is the case, I am confident it won’t be built,’ Keith said.

Union helps sponsor Kindertransport event

2 Dec 2008Seventy years ago today – on 2 December 1938 – 200 children stepped from a train at Liverpool Street station. They were the first of 10,000 mainly Jewish children to arrive in this country fleeing the Nazis. ASLEF helped to sponsor a theatre event at the station to commemorate the anniversary.

Scots launch ‘stop violence’ campaign

2 Dec 2008Under the rallying cry ‘Spread some Joy this Christmas – Respect Scotland’s transport workers’, ASLEF in Scotland has, with the transport section of the Unite union, launched a campaign to ensure the safety of transport staff. Yesterday morning some 50 train drivers and the same number of bus drivers passed leaflets out at a media event at Glasgow’s Central Station with MP Jim Devine and MSP Hugh Henry.