Union officials scupper drivers' pensions fight
“If I’m being held by terrorists who are threatening to kill me, for f**k’s sake don’t send in any ASLEF negotiators.” - Anonymous messroom wit Sabotage by three ASLEF full timers killed off the pension dispute on East Midlands Trains. Hours before the Olympics were due to start, they suspended strikes set to take place during the games so that the Executive could consider another deal they had negotiated. The clincher, according to District Organiser Richard Fisher (one of the negotiating team), in a document entitled Informal Summary Of EMT Pensions Dispute (ISOEPD), was a new agreement on...