Strike action to affect Northern and London North Eastern Railway passengers

Train driver union, ASLEF, has announced strike action that will affect Northern and London North Eastern Railway services.

The union says LNER members will take strike action on the 1st March 2024 due to a ‘failure by the company to adhere to the machinery of negotiation' regarding diagramming and rostering agreements.

Members at Northern will also strike on the 1st March due to a ‘failure to adhere to existing agreements'.

Action short of a strike will take place between the 29th February and 2nd March with a ban on non-contractual overtime.

Mick Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers' trade union, said: ‘We are fed up to the back teeth with the bad faith shown, day after day, week after week, and month after month by these two companies.

‘We always stick to agreements which we make. These companies think they can break agreements – which they freely enter into – whenever it suits them. And they're wrong. This is a shot across their bows and a sign of things to come.

‘They need to stop what they are doing, start to behave properly and honourably, because their drivers – our members – are no longer prepared to be treated like this.'

Mick added: ‘These disputes are entirely separate from our national pay dispute with 16 train operating companies – although LNER and Northern are two of those TOCs – because we haven't had a pay rise since 2019.'

RailAdvent have contacted LNER and Northern for comment.