Latest updates: Labour leader to say he plans to move away from the ‘sticking plaster politics’ of short-term decision making
Mick Whelan, the general secretary of Aslef, which represents train drivers, told the Today programme this morning that he did not think the anti-strike legislation proposed by the government (see 8.48am) would make life harder for his union.
He suggested the law would lead to unions like his having to organise strikes across more localised units, instead of nationally.
If we’ve got to sit down in 15, 20 or 30 different undertakings and agree different levels of [minimum service], all it means is that we put more strikes on to pick up the shortfall, create greater strife, the connectivity of the railway falls apart, the logistically it’s impossible.
There have been minimum [service] levels in European countries for several years. They have never been enacted because they don’t work.
Latest updates: Labour leader to say he plans to move away from the ‘sticking plaster politics’ of short-term decision makingMick Whelan, the general secretary of Aslef, which represents train drivers, told the Today programme this morning that he did not think the anti-strike legislation proposed by the government (see 8.48am) would make life harder for his union.He suggested the law would lead to unions like his having to organise strikes across more localised units, instead of nationally.If we’ve got to sit down in 15, 20 or 30 different undertakings and agree different levels of [minimum service], all it means is that we put more strikes on to pick up the shortfall, create greater strife, the connectivity of the railway falls apart, the logistically it’s impossible.There have been minimum [service] levels in European countries for several years. They have never been enacted because they don’t work. Continue reading…
