Train and tube strikes set for April and May
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ASLEF, the UK's train drivers' union, has announced the next scheduled set of tube and train strikes for this April and May.
Train drivers will engage in a programme of rolling one-day strikes, as well as a six-day overtime ban.
The scheduled strikes
ASLEF members will walk out at Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains, and CrossCountry on Friday 5 April.
At Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Trains will strike on Saturday 6 April.
At c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railway main line and depot drivers, as well as SWR Island Line, will take action on Monday 8 April.
ASLEF members will also not work on rest days from Thursday 4 April to Saturday 6 April and from Monday 8 April to Tuesday 9 April.
Tube drivers will also strike on Monday 8 April and Saturday 4 May due to a dispute over working conditions.
Official statements
Finn Brennan, ASLEF's full-time organiser on the London Underground, says of the upcoming actiomn: "Despite a previous commitment to withdraw plans for massive changes to drivers' working conditions, London Underground management has established a full-time team of managers preparing to impose their plans."
Mick Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, adds: "Last month, we announced renewed mandates for industrial action, because, under the Tories' draconian anti-union laws, we have to ballot our members every six months, we called on the train companies, and the government, to come to the table for meaningful talks to negotiate a new pay deal for train drivers who have not had an increase in salary since 2019."
The hospitality industry is estimated to have lost over £4bn as a result of the 20-month dispute.