Two major events happened last week. Firstly, Aslef union saw off the threat of Minimum Service Levels being imposed on their members on strike in LNER on Friday 2 February. The whole exercise demonstrated that not only are MSLs wrong in principle, they are also unworkable in practice, and destructive to good industrial relations. Solidarity to all Aslef train drivers across all the train companies on strike this week and next.
Secondly, PCS union announced on Saturday that they are going to challenge the regulations setting out the minimum service level for border security staff in court. Good luck to PCS in their challenge – Napo will stand behind PCS as part of the wider trade union movement.