ASLEF starts overtime and rest day working ban

Train services in England could be cancelled or altered at short notice, because a ban on overtime and rest day working is being staged by the drivers’ union ASLEF from today until Saturday. The restriction is part of the union’s continuing dispute with the industry over pay. Meanwhile, ASLEF cancelled a strike which it had called for yesterday on Avanti West Coast, after a ‘sick note policy’ was withdrawn.