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April train strikes won’t be the last, union boss warns

Source: Simon Calder

As the latest round of strikes by train drivers begins across 14 rail firms, their union boss has warned of more stoppages to come in the long and bitter dispute over pay and working arrangements.

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, told The Independent: “We are forced to raise the profile of the dispute on a regular basis.”

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