The new strikes are set to cause travel chaos once again for commuters across the country, which have become more frequent since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.Members of Aslef - one of the largest rail workers unions - will hold a rolling programme of one-day walkouts between April 5 and 8, coupled with a six-day ban on overtime.
Those votes show a clear rejection by train drivers of the ridiculous offer put to us in April last year by the Rail Delivery Group which knew that offer would be rejected because a land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiated over the years would never be accepted by our members."Since then train drivers have voted, time and again, to take action in pursuit of a pay rise.