Train Drivers Accept Labour Pay Deal, Ending 2-Year Standoff

Published on September 19, 2024

Train drivers have accepted a pay deal offered by the Labour government, ending the long-running industrial dispute with rail companies. Members of the ASLEF union greenlighted an offer by the Department for Transport (DfT) of 5 percent backdated pay rise for 2022–2023, a 4.75 percent rise for 2023–2024, and a 4.5 percent increase for 2024–2025. The vote ends the two-year dispute at 16 train companies during which drivers took 18 days of strike action under the Conservative government. Among the companies that saw 13,000 drivers go on strike in that period, are Great Northern, Thameslink, South Western Railway, Greater Anglia, and West Midlands Trains. The long-running series of strikes have caused disruption to train services and the wider economy, affecting the hospitality and tourism sectors. In the financial year of 2022 to 2023 alone, strike action has been estimated to cost over £500 million in economic output owing to people not being able to work....

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