The latest action comes on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool.
Rail passengers will suffer fresh travel chaos on Saturday because of another strike amid an escalation of long running disputes over pay.
Aslef’s general secretary Mick Whelan revealed there had been no meetings with the Government since early January despite continuing deadlock over the pay row. The Rail Delivery Group said that after many weeks of negotiations with the Aslef leadership it had made a “revised and fair offer” including a pay rise of 8% over two years.
He said: “This strike takes place in the wake of a recent re-ballot of members working for 14 train operating companies which massively re-affirmed a mandate for further strike action. “We are calling for the rail companies to get around the table with RMT and negotiate in good faith for a better deal for rail workers.”
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