A major 24-hour strike of train drivers was held. Earlier on Saturday, about 6,500 drivers stopped work. As a result, nine railway companies hardly drive. The London network was also affected by the strike.
The strike is part of a long-running conflict between the unions, carriers and the government over wages, timetables and possibly forced layoffs. The first actions began in June and will continue indefinitely. Saturday’s action was organized by ASLEF trade union. Similar strikes by the RMT and TSSA unions are scheduled for next week.
Five railway companies, including Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway, will not operate at all on Saturday. The other affected carriers only let trains run at random. In the trains that do run according to the timetable, it is therefore extra pressure.
The strike caused a lot of inconvenience to train passengers on Saturday. Also, visitors to events can wet their chest. For example, there are Premier League football matches in cities such as London, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton, for which many fans rely on the train.
Employees of the NS will soon also massively lay down their work now that a collective agreement has definitely not been reached with the trade unions. These include relay strikes in certain regions and the national shutdown of train traffic.
