Thousands of prepare drivers at 16 operators are to take additional strike motion subsequent month as a part of a year-long dispute.

Members of the ASLEF prepare drivers union have introduced walkouts on Friday 1 September and additional time bans on Saturday 2 September, disrupting companies throughout Britain.

So far within the dispute, which has been ongoing since June 2022, 11 days of strikes have taken place.

A complete of 16,000 drivers are to interact within the motion subsequent month, ASLEF mentioned, in continuance of the dispute over pay, situations and security.

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Affected prepare corporations are:

• Avanti West Coast• Chiltern Railways• c2c• CrossCountry• East Midlands Railway• Greater Anglia• GTR Great Northern Thameslink• Great Western Railway• Island Line• LNER• Northern Trains• Southeastern• Southern/Gatwick Express• South Western Railway• TransPennine Express• West Midlands Trains

Roughly 20,000 rail employees of the RMT union are because of strike on 26 August and a pair of September.

Train operator consultant, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), mentioned the union's management has not put its "fair and reasonable offer" to union members.

"We urge the ASLEF leadership to acknowledge the substantial financial challenges facing the rail industry and work with us," the RDG mentioned.

That provide, the RDG mentioned, would improve the typical driver's base wage, for a four-day week, with out additional time, from £60,000 to just about £65,000.

The final provide of an 8% pay rise over two years was rejected in April.

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The union mentioned most drivers haven't had a pay improve in 4 years and mentioned the provide was "risible".

"We don't want to take this action but the train companies, and the government which stands behind them, have forced us into this place because they refuse to sit down and talk to us," ASLEF's basic secretary Mick Whelan mentioned.

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