Yet another rail strike to be held in July in dispute over pay

There’s been little signal of progress as rail staff proceed to demand higher pay and dealing situations (Image: Getty Pictures)

Prepare drivers at eight rail corporations will strike on July 30 in a row over pay, their union Aslef introduced.

It comes after a separate 24-hour strike amongst rail operators and Community Rail was introduced for July 27 by the RMT union.

Employees have mentioned any presents of pay will increase thus far have been a drop within the ocean in comparison with hovering inflation gripping the nation.

Members of the Aslef practice drivers’ union at eight corporations – Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Better Anglia, Nice Western, Hull Trains, LNER; Southeastern, and West Midlands Trains – will strike on Saturday, July 30.

Common secretary, Mick Whelan, mentioned staff actually don’t wish to stroll out and that strikes are ‘the results of a failure of negotiation’.

He added: ‘This union, since I used to be elected GS in 2011, has solely ever been on strike, till this yr, for a handful of days.

‘We don’t wish to inconvenience passengers – not least as a result of our mates and households use public transport, too, and we imagine in constructing belief within the railways in Britain – and we don’t wish to lose cash by happening strike.

Little progress has been made since final month’s strikes (Image: Getty Pictures)

‘However we’ve been compelled into this place by the practice corporations, pushed by the Tory authorities. The drivers on the corporations the place we're placing have had an actual phrases pay reduce over the past three years – since April 2019.

‘And these corporations are providing us nothing, saying their arms have been tied by the federal government.

‘Which means, in actual phrases, with inflation operating forward at 9%, 10%, and even 11% this yr, in keeping with which index you utilize, that they're being informed to take an actual phrases pay reduce. And that's not acceptable.

‘Strike motion is, now, the one possibility out there however we're at all times open to talks if the practice corporations, or the federal government, wish to discuss to us and make a good and smart provide.’

Drivers on Better Anglia may also strike on July 23, and people on Hull Trains will strike on July 16 and 23.

The motion is along with a deliberate strike by the RMT union at practice corporations and Community Rail on July 27 and by TSSA members on Avanti West Price on the identical day.

The RMT held three strikes final month which crippled companies throughout the nation.

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