another day of industrial action announced by aslef which is the train drivers union. the rmt tends to represent staff other than train drivers. train drivers are represented by aslef and they have announced they will be industrial action on saturday the 13th of august. the next strike day is the 13th ofjuly 30th ofjuly. saturday the 13th of august they will be taking industrial action at nine train companies. ava nte west coast where they avante west coast where they got a 92% yes vote for industrial action. 477 92% yes vote for industrial action. a77 members voted yes. 38 members voted no. the cross country rail services, a97 members voted yes, 36
summer plans at risk. the action will bring the total number of strike days on the railways to ten, disrupting plans injune, july and august. like any public service, we have to change the times and it is only by making necessary reforms that we can give our people a pay rise. and i was not the time for further strikes so we urge the aslef leadership to resume talks to reach a deal that is fair to staff and taxpayers and which secures a better and more affordable railway, so a strongly worded statement bear from the rail delivery group to the announcement of that aslef strike. there are a couple more to come from the rmt in august, of course, are now aslef train joined, drivers union saying he will be strike on saturday the 13th of august. much more to come in all of that, altered a s news coming up in the six o clock news but we will take a look at the weather right now. here is louise. hello there. the weather is quite quiet
as well. really interesting to hear our as well. really interesting to hear your perspective- as well. really interesting to hear your perspective. that as well. really interesting to hear your perspective. that is - as well. really interesting to hear your perspective. that is alan - as well. really interesting to hear i your perspective. that is alan jones your perspective. that is alanjones are industrial cover is abundant for the press association. the time has just gone quarter to six. visit my s headlines. that is our main story, another rail strike across the story, another rail strike uk. about one in five services are running and passengers are urged to travel only if absolutely necessary and, as we were saying there, the trade union aslef has announced another one day strike on saturday the 13th of august. after last night s stunning 4 0 victory against sweden, england will find out who they ll be facing in sunday s final, later this evening. a key russian held bridge int
on saturday, the 13th of august, and that will affect nine train companies, but what i would say is evenif companies, but what i would say is even if the train your planes to travel on is not with one of those nine companies, the knock on effects could end up meaning that your journey could be disrupted. rmt, they ve got to further strikes planned for august, and then there s another union that is planning to strike. as you heard in and the s report they are, the two sides seemingly as far apart as ever. it seems at the moment, little sign of those rmt strikes being called off. all right, jon, thank you for now. john thomason at euston. jon donnison. we can speak now to gareth dennis. he s a railway engineer and writer. he s also a member of the tssa union, though is not on strike today. hello there. thanks for being with us. i do not know how preview are to of these negotiations, if at all,