Train strikes: Union boss hints at more industrial action in 2023 - ‘there’s still a lot of anger out there’

A railway union boss has hinted that there will be more train strikes to come in 2023 after industrial action over Christmas and New Year sparked travel chaos for passengers. Mike Whelan, general secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), said there was still “a lot of anger out there” among train drivers as a long-running dispute over pay continues.

Mr Whelan said the anger among train staff had been all the more exacerbated by anti-strike legislation being introduced to Parliament this week. The bill, if passed, would see unions representing key workers having to agree to minimum levels of service when their members go on strike.