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'There Is, in Fact, No Liberty Without It' Said Frances Wright ASLEFJOURNAL DECEMBER 2020 The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen Equality is the soul of liberty ‘There is, in fact, no liberty without it’ said Frances Wright We celebrate 20 years of ASLEF’s equalities committees – The train drivers ’ BAME, Disabled, LGBT+, Women’s and Young Members union since 1880 railway enginemen’ s tax fr ee saver plans tax fr ee savings plans for anyone who works on the railways... we don’ t mean just train drivers..! tax fr ee policies fr om 70p per day , £5 per week and £20 per month for further information call us on freephone 0800 328 9140 visit our website at www.enginemens.co.uk or write to us at Railway Enginemen's Assurance Society Limited, 727 Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, B8 2LE @RailwayEnginemens Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authorit y. Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authorit y. Incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 ASLEF GS Mick Whelan JOURNAL Fair warning: now The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen is not the time to ‘The biggest villains of the piece are the DfT try and take us on and the companies’ T IS difficult to think about the future when, due to the pandemic, everything is so uncertain and varied depending on which sector of our I industry we find ourselves in. The difficulties of providing services to keep the country running whilst the various governments bring forward five-tier systems, firebreaks, lockdowns, and very little joined up or mutual thinking. Geographical or local lockdowns do not assist trains that do not see real, or perceived, borders so we rely on the measures and risk assessments we have in place to remain secure. None of this will be of much reassurance to those in the News open access operators, and the operators of trains with already low passenger l What the government has in mind for the railway 4 numbers, and we continue to raise these issues continually wherever and whenever we can. l Lines in the Landscape photographs of Britain’s 5 The train operating companies have had also to react to the lockdown railway network plus Off the Rails: John Crace; instructions and so where we were running, on average, 93% of daily services, Rick Wakeman; Gyles Brandreth, Ken Branagh, this will reduce to an average 85%, and may change further as restrictions affect and Ian McKellen; Rachel Johnson on brother staff numbers. Boris; and Cornelius Lysaght on James Purnell The freight sector has many traditional flows not running, and others l DO8 Finn Brennan on what the TfL funding deal 6 oversubscribed, but we continue to keep the country running. means for train operators on London Underground We welcome the government bailout of the Tube in London but there are strings, including a working party on driverless trains, that offers no economic or l DO2 Kevin Lindsay on members’ generosity for 7 the Stonehaven fund for families of the bereaved operating benefits, as recent internal TfL reports have shown. We now need the government to look at the needs of other operators, in similar situations, in the l Train saved by sculpture at a whaleway station 8 north-west, north-east, and elsewhere, because they should also be part of the wider debate, and that should include open access. Features Compared to many other industrial sectors we are not as impacted or l Gregor Gall explains why the government has 9 uncertain. To read the industry press, though, apparently this is the time to take pulled the plug on the Union Learning Fund us on and end rest day working . Let’s remind them that the cessation of compulsory or voluntary overtime based on full employment has been our policy l Strange days: Chris Proctor reflects on 2020 10 for three decades. l Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Memo from Turner 11 The biggest villains in the piece has been the DfT and the companies themselves in failing to have, or allow, proper succession planning. We are the Equality is the soul of liberty: we celebrate 12-16 l ones who only agree to it based on strict recruitment criteria. 20 years of ASLEF’s equalities committees It is also strange that those who have been in the industry for years and with Ross Bland, Floyd Doyle, David Jones, benefited from in-house training wish to single out drivers for paying for their Susan Greenwell, Debbie Reay, San Senik, own training. That’s worse than hypocrisy, but puts any pretence at diversity or James Sutherland, and Tony Venson career mapping in this industry back 100 years and won’t be happening. l Justice (of a sort) for Scotland’s miners 17 Normal negotiations on our aspirations are not happening at this time, for obvious reasons, but we will be looking at what we do going forward post- Regulars pandemic. l Branch Lines 18 As a craft union, we do not get great churn in membership, or in good representatives, but two are now standing down. l Obituaries 19 I want to pay tribute to DO7 Brian Corbett . He has been active since before l Letters and Classified Advertisements 20-21 becoming a driver at branch, AAD, local and company representative, executive committee and district officer. Heart and belief personify Brian and many owe so Points and Crossings: Ghulam Khan on covid-19 22 l much to his strength and commitment. In normal circumstances I know many l On Track: Reading tribute to Brian Corbett; 23 branches would be saying goodbye and thank you between now and January. our Prize Christmas Crossword; Legal Services; Equally passionate, not leaving the industry but standing down as a trustee, is and members’ Change of Address form Ian Smith , whose record as a representative and trustee is unsurpassed. When we had dark times he stood strong and helped this union survive and prosper. He’s EDITOR Mick Whelan, general secretary l DESIGNER Michael Cronin never been afraid to ask the difficult question but has been staunch and true in a PRINTER College Hill Press, London, SW19 4HE l ADvERTISING ASLEF world where loyalty and honour are not always recognised. Simply, I want to Journal, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN. Contact Keith Richmond thank you, Ian! on 020 7324 2407 or [email protected] l CLASSIFIED ADS [email protected] or call 020 7324 2400. The acceptance of a display And so we move forward, first with Steve Austin , who is taking over as DO7 or classified advertisement does not necessarily imply endorsement of and, based on his record at Paddington branch, and as company council, I am that product or service by ASLEF CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please post sure will do a great job. John McCue won a well-contested trustee election and your details to ASLEF, 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4NN replaces Ian. John, from Glasgow branch, is another who works hard for the membership in Scotland and will also do a great job. I look forward to working The ASLEF Journal is published every month by: with you both. ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN Please stay safe . Tel: 020 7324 2400 l email: [email protected] website: www.aslef.org.uk l twitter: @ASLEFUnion Yours fraternally, Mick Whelan, general secretary, ASLEF December 2020 l The ASLEF Journal 3 News Midlands Trains from vertically-integrated Shapps paves way 19 September 2021; modern railway, fit for Southeastern from the 21st century, and for direct awards 17 October 2021; run as a public Chiltern from 31 service, not for private December 2021; and profit. HE DfT has March 2023, and East Midlands ‘It is also strange T paved the CrossCountry, which Railway and the West that Mr Shapps is way for has a direct award Coast partnership trying to smuggle the direct awards – to which began in from 1 April 2022. recommendations of replace ten rail October, are also The Department for Transport is set to Mick Whelan, the Williams rail franchises in England excluded. replace the Tories’ failed franchise model general secretary, review through – with the TOCs are in with a series of new ‘public service’ contracts said: ‘While we will be without proper publication of an discussion with the glad to see the back Parliamentary OJEU prior DfT over the reversion to the shareholders happy. of the failed franchise scrutiny. What is he information notice. transition of the terms of the old ‘We’re not in a system, we believe trying to hide? Why is The notice covers affected franchises franchise agreements position to play we should bring the he frightened of train operations not from the current would, with hardball,’ one wheels and the steel doing it properly, and overseen by the EMAs, and passenger numbers admitted privately. back together as one transparently?’ devolved ‘compensation’, as falling off a cliff The companies governments in the RDG somewhat during the pandemic, and franchises Scotland and Wales optimistically puts it, see the companies affected are QUOTE… or regionally for the termination of collapse. TransPennine ‘MPs and commentators keep asking, managed existing franchise They are also Express; South archly, “But what does Boris want?” concessions. GWR, agreements due to trying, privately, to be Western Railway; and Jesus, guys, catch up. He wants a shag which has a long- be agreed by the amenable in the c2c (Essex and some attention and someone else to term emergency middle of this month. hope of getting a Thameside) from 1 make his problems go away, like he measures agreement Whatever the RDG management April 2021; Greater always does.’ – Marina Hyde , The running to June likes to claim, the contract on Anglia; Thameslink, Guardian 2021, and a direct TOCs are not in a favourable terms to Southern, and Great …UNQUOTE award contract until strong position as a keep their Northern; and West NR boss lined up as Fat Controller TWEETS OF THE MONTH According to a report in the Sunday Telegraph , Boris Johnson strongly urged to hire a which is usually a reliable guide, as Grant new social media manager: Have I Shapps’ spin doctors have Oliver Gill’s mobile Got News For You @haveigotnews number on speed dial, ‘the boss of Network Rail is being primed to lead an all-powerful Fat We finally have a vaccine! Huge Controller body in the biggest shake-up of congratulations to Britain’s train network since the 1990s’.
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