No end in sight for DCO DISPUTES
TRAIN services operated by the Northern franchise continued to be disrupted during December, with the RMT union imposing strike action on successive Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. By the end of the month, there will have been 19 successive Saturdays when it has only been possible to run 30% of planned services.
Support for the industrial action shows no sign of abating among the staff concerned, and as a result the franchise operator Arriva has produced a contingency plan based on the staffing resources available that provides a much-reduced timetable with last trains departing by 17.00. The lack of
