Aslef Union Members Vote to Extend Strike Action for Six Months

The decision comes after RMT union members accepted a pay offer, leaving Aslef as the only rail union still striking.

Train drivers represented by the Aslef union have voted overwhelmingly to continue strike action for the next six months in their ongoing dispute over pay.
The vote is the latest blow to travellers who have been hit with 18 months of disruption since unions began their pay dispute with the Government and train operating companies.
Aslef members began a nine-day ban on working overtime on Friday which will run alongside a series of strikes across the country, beginning on Saturday.
The vote for further strike actions comes a day after members of the RMT union voted to accept a pay offer in a separate dispute, bringing an end to the threat of walkouts until at least the spring.
Rail minister Huw Merriman said: 'Following RMT members voting to overwhelmingly accept the train operators’ pay offer, Aslef is now not just the only rail union still striking but the only union not to even put an offer to its members.'