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Train drivers will keep striking to “raise the profile” of their dispute after half a decade without a pay rise, the Aslef union has warned, before another week of rolling strikes across England.
The Driver and Vehicles Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed that the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has served DVSA notice of strike action on 8 and 9 February as well as 10 and 11 February 2024. This means that up to 2000 staff from 270 centres across the country will strike.
Government’s minimum service law allows employers to order staff to come into work during strike action to ensure minimum service levels are met.
Thousands of trade unionists are expected to attend the march in Cheltenham later.
Unions estimate around 5,000 trade unionists attended the march in Cheltenham today.