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Union calls off London Midland action 23 Dec

22 Dec 2010ASLEF has called off its proposed industrial action planned for 23 December following the granting of an injunction to London Midland in the High Court yesterday.

Boxing Day tube strike as ACAS talks fail

22 Dec 2010Members of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, who work London’s Tube network, will take industrial action on Boxing Day after talks at the arbitration service ACAS today failed to make any progress.

Drivers in Boxing Day tube strike

13 Dec 2010ASLEF members working for London Underground have voted by a majority of nine to one to take industrial action on Boxing Day. The union represents most drivers on London’s tube system, ensuring that disruption will be extensive and significant. The background to the dispute is the insistence by management that Boxing Day is ‘an ordinary working day’. The union argues that this is patently nonsense and legitimately demanded premium rates for working on the day following Christmas Day.

London Midland strike 23 December

13 Dec 2010Train drivers on London Midland Trains have voted to take industrial action on 23 December as part of a dispute over equal pay and conditions for drivers working for the company. London Midlands connects the capital, the Midlands and the north-west.

Government pledges on freight

2 Dec 2010Speaking in yesterday’s House of Lords debate about heavier and longer lorries (LHVs), government transport spokesman Earl Attlee told the House of Lords, ‘We will do nothing that reduces the amount of freight carried by rail.’ And he categorically ruled out permitting any trials of goods vehicles longer than 18.75 metres or heavier than 44 tonnes.