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...So we aren’t going away,” said Whelan, adding that he was hopeful Labour would be “more receptive” to resolving the dispute if it won the general election expected this year....
...“There is no risk, it is all reward for train companies,” said Mick Whelan, general secretary of the Aslef drivers’ union....
...Mick Whelan, Aslef’s general secretary, said he would be open to more talks, having last formally met industry negotiators in April. “Let’s sit around the table and negotiate....
...It’s clear they do not want to resolve this dispute,” Whelan said....
...Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said the Conservative government and train operators had “given us no choice”, saying they refused to negotiate after members rejected a pay offer in April last year....
...“We are determined to win this dispute,” said Mick Whelan, Aslef’s general secretary....
...Whelan said he had not met train companies since April, or the government, which controls the industry’s finances, since January....
...“We are determined to win this dispute and get a significant pay rise for train drivers who have not had an increase since 2019 while the cost of living, in that time, has soared,” said Mick Whelan, Aslef...
...Whelan warned that his members were willing to continue striking for as long as it takes, and that their resolve was “getting stronger and harder”....
...Whelan added that the union could consider a permanent ban on overtime work, which would cause systemic disruption and probably force permanent timetable changes....
...Mick Whelan, the general secretary of Aslef, said the union had been “inspired . . . to take action on these days” by a deterioration in relations with the government and criticism for strikes held over...
...Whelan said the April pay offer was “risible” and included a “land grab for all our terms and conditions”....
...Mick Whelan, Aslef general secretary, said the union was prepared to continue the industrial action indefinitely....
...Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said a group of 16 train operators had offered a 4 per cent pay rise, which he called a “risible proposal”....
...Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan welcomed the governments decision, but said TPE’s “confrontational” style of management was to blame for the breakdown in relations with drivers, rather than the union...
...“I would like to strike a deal before I retire, I have three years to go,” said Whelan....
...Whelan was giving evidence to politicians alongside the leaders of the RMT and TSSA unions....
...“They want to rip up our terms and conditions in return for a real-terms pay cut,” said Mick Whelan, the union’s general secretary....
...Aslef head Mick Whelan said the “disappointing” Budget showed “an absence of a serious plan to resolve the industrial strife in our public sector”....
...“We are still some way off,” said Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef....
...Mick Whelan, head of train drivers’ union Aslef, said his members were “in this for the long haul” ahead of their planned walkout on Thursday....
...“We are further away than when we started,” Mick Whelan, head of train drivers’ union Aslef, told MPs....
...“We are still some way off”, said Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef....
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