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Train drivers vote to continue taking strike action for next six months

Source: PA Wire

Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running dispute over pay.

Members of Aslef backed more industrial action after being reballoted, well over a year since the dispute began.

The announcement was made as train drivers started a week-long overtime ban which was expected to cause disruption to services across England.

Aslef members will launch a series of strikes from Saturday which will cripple services.

Mick Whelan,

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