Avanti West Coast: Train drivers to strike over sick pay, Aslef says
Aslef members at Avanti West Coast will take action on 1 July, the train drivers’ union says. …
Aslef said Avanti West Coast, which runs services between London and Scotland via Birmingham and Manchester, was trying to “force through” sick pay changes”without agreement”, while London North Eastern Railway, which runs between the same two destinations via York and Newcastle, had failed to adhere to “agreed procedures”.