ASLEF Journal November 2023

News

• Mark Harper goes missing in action as ASLEF steps up the pressure in our national pay dispute.
• The Daily Excess goes loco over ASLEF and a charity that helps those who have nothing plus Off the Rails: Nick Davies on Ruper Murdoch; Richard Coles; Sarah Dines, and Ricky Gervais
• Where's Wally? Images from the picket lines with drivers, dogs, hi-vis jackets and a cardboard cut-out of the Secretary of State for Transport

Features

• Stephen Smith reflects on the row over the future of HS2 and the special place the railways has always had in the British imagination
• Kristian O'Sullivan reports on how we are helping develop the next generation of drivers
• Strawberry fields forever: ASLEF at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool
• Lou Haigh's public pledge on public ownership of rail; the GS lays out our vision for the future; Mick's meetings; plus Off Message: Mick Lynch; Mark Carney; Paul Routledge; two Revolutions; riflemen on the roof; and fashion to tie for
• Labour Unions, LabourList, the Morning Star, the World Transformed, Justice for Colombia, RSSB, the RMT fringe and Debbie Reay and Susan Greenwell at the women's conference
• Gregor Gall analyses how water privatisation has allowed a few people to get very rich at the expense of every customer (the rest of us)

Regulars

• Branch Lines and upcoming events
• Obituaries, letters, crossword, legal services and change of address form
• Food Adventurers: how trains (and travel) have changed the way we eat in Britain