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Opinion: Train drivers' pay and impediments to recovery

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Outdated working practices remain in train driver pay offer, says our Industry Insider.

ASLEF has recommended that members accept a significant pay rise for train drivers. It includes elements of backdated pay that go back as far as 2019, with an increase of 5% for the period to April 2022, 4.75% from then to April 2024, and a current offer of 4.5% for the period to April 2025.

The new levels of pay are not linked to any change to current terms and conditions of employment. And it is a far bigger pay increase than offered by the Rail Delivery Group on behalf of train operators holding National Rail Contracts, which replaced franchises as a result of the COVID pandemic.




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