Transpennine Express

ASLEF: Big votes, but no action yet

ASLEF members on Northern Trains and Transpennine Express have returned massive votes for industrial action.

On Northern, drivers voted for strike action by 1518 (96.14%) to 61 (3.86%), and for action short of a strike by 1548 (98.41%) to 25 (1.59%). The turnout was a whopping 1581 (84.14%).

On...

Cleaners' fights spread

With Atalian Servest cleaners on Avanti West Coast and Churchill cleaners on numerous TOCs still in dispute, having taken multiple days of strike action, RMT is expanding its cleaners' fights to several other companies.

The union has announced plans to ballot Atalian Servest cleaners on LNER...

Aslef drivers vote for strikes: now name coordinated action!

It’s great to see Aslef drivers at Chiltern, Great Western Railway, LNER, London Overground, Northern, Southeastern, TransPennine and West Midlands and have voted for strikes.

Overall drivers voted for strikes by a 9-1 majority, with turnouts as high as 92% . It’s a spectacular set of results from...

Aslef drivers: vote yes for action!

Aslef ballots for action over pay and conditions for drivers at Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Great Western, LNER, Northern Trains, Southeastern, TransPennine Express, and West Midlands Trains close on 11 July. There's still time to vote yes and return your ballots!

Drivers at Avanti West...

TPE: The Fight Goes On

Transpennine Express strikes remain rock solid and pickets well supported across the network.

The company told us flat out that there would no talks now that the union has given notice that it is balloting us in the national campaign over jobs, pay and conditions. Then, forty-eght hours later, the...

Solid Start to TPE Action

Yesterday's first Sunday strike on Transpennine Express was solid throughout the area, with barely any scabbing. And from today, conductors are refusing to carry out electronig scanning of tickets or work rostered overtime.

With solid action from Glasgow to Cleethorpes, the pressure is on the...

TPE Action Begins

TransPennine Express (TPE) conductors begin a programme of industrial action starting on Sunday. Conductors will be striking for the next four Sundays (up to and including 6 March), and will not be working rostered overtime or carrying out electronic scanning of tickets from 14 February until...

ScotRail and TransPennine Express workers ballot for strikes

RMT is balloting members on ScotRail and TransPennine Express in disputes over pay and conditions.

Nearly 2,500 workers are being balloted on ScotRail, in a vote that closes on 8 December. An RMT statement said: "The union has been trying to secure a pay rise for 2020 for all Scotrail workers while...

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