Train drivers have voted to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running pay dispute.
Unions involved in industrial disputes have to hold a fresh ballot every six months to ask their members if they want to continue taking action.
Train drivers’ union Aslef said on Wednesday that it had balloted 12,500 of its members at 15 train operators, with most voting by more than 90 percent in favour of continuing with strikes and other forms of industrial action.
A passenger looks through the closed Moor Street Station in Birmingham, England, on May 31, 2023. (Jacob King/PA Media)
‘In It for the Long Haul’
Commenting on the ballot results, Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said: “Once again our members have decided that we are in this for the long haul….