Rail strike threat is lifted after late-night pay talks
The threat of strike action on South West Trains has been lifted after the train drivers' union Aslef suspended next week's action over pay.
Aslef said that a deal had been clinched during late-night talks between the company and the union.
The draft agreement will be considered by the union's executive at its meeting in mid-April. This will be followed by a referendum of members in South West Trains. At that stage the action will be re-imposed or called off.
The strike was due to have run from Monday until Thursday. Members had voted for action in a dispute over pay.
They had been offered a pay increase of 4.5 per cent, which would have given a driver working in the London area a basic salary before overtime of £40,447 for a 37-hour, 4.4-day week.
The full article contains 153 words and appears in NS-Final newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 March 2008 1:25 PM
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NS-Final
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Location:
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