Rail union warns of strikes over pay

Rail
union Aslef has warned of a national strike unless pay rates can be agreed with
35 employers.

Aslef,
which represents 14,000 drivers, wants three national rates of pay for
inter-city, regional line and freight drivers.

Reports
in The Times newspaper claim the union has given employers until May to agree
to the first national deal since privatisation.

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Aslef
is also wants better pay for drivers working in London and the South East.                                                                                                 

By Ross Wigham