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ASLEF <\/a>train drivers staged a city-wide strike today, causing chaos for commuters and businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASLEF strikers arrived at Manchester Piccadilly Station at 7am and stayed until the strike finished at 3.30pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strikers are demanding an 8% pay rise, claiming that inflation has risen by 20% in the last four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say that there is no trust between the union and the government because the government is attempting to twist their efforts to promote a better work environment and experience into a political dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASELF union member, Roger, said this was the first strike intended to target a major political event, the Conservative Party conference. This was due to negative accusations that ASLEF purposely targets other events, which they denied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay rise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The union said the train companies made a multi-million pound profit in the previous fiscal year, and rewarded the management with bonuses. Roger told NQ that the offer \u201cwas not a pay rise, it is productivity\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow striker Martin said train drivers have to pay for their own pay rise, as train companies expect them to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Train strikes occurred at multiple train station across the city – Credit Rebecca Mills<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Both strikers were adamant on expressing, “We are strong, we will carry on forever.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASLEF workers are not the only ones frustrated with the prolonged rail strikes. Employees at local businesses in the train station are also exasperated regarding the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local business affected <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The manager at Pret a Manger said: \u201cThe rail strikes have had an extremely big impact on our business. Our guys are losing a lot of hours, and we have lost 95% of the sales due to the strikes. On top of that, people’s jobs are at risk. All of the retailers are offering redundancies now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We are strong, we will carry on forever’<\/p>Martin, ASLEF member<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When asked if she supported the rail strikes, her response was \u201cabsolutely not\u201d. The manager added: “We get where they are coming from, but after one-and-a-half years people cannot come to a consensus, there is something wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s always the people on the lower level, such as employees and businesses that are being punished. In our station. There were probably 200 employees affected by the strikes right and we;ve had enough”.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaos for commuters <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Offshore worker Assim travels often and has been affected multiple times. In contrast to most individuals Assim stated: \u201cI\u2019m the minority when things like this happen – I just take advantage of it because work is quite intense.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he supported the rail strikes and empathises with ASLEF. However, he though that the railway apps and commercial websites should make people more aware of the industrial and strike actions for those who do not watch the news and are not on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for the Rail Delivery Group said:<\/a> \u201cThere is a deal on the table for Aslef that would take average driver salaries to \u00a365,000 for a four-day week \u2013 that\u2019s more than double the average UK salary and many drivers top up their income further by working overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are ready and willing to talk to Aslef\u2019s leaders so we can end this damaging dispute \u2013 but any talks about pay also need to address working practices that date back decades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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