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Train Drivers ’ Union Since 1880 Railway Enginemen’ S Tax Fr Ee Saver Plans ASLEFJOURNAL AUGUST 2020 The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen Taking a knee, making a stand The train drivers ’ 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 GS Mick Whelan ASLEFJOURNAL AUGUST 2020 Heart of recovery The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen AILY I spend most of my time talking D about the pandemic, its impact, what we need to do, and arguing about the safest and best ways to deal with the myriad issues that continually crop up. To add ‘Chance to build to the lexicon of phrases a green economy’ that are grating on me, 5 along with ‘ramping up’, is ‘the new normal’. For 8 many, including the government, it looks like a News rush to the old normal. We have a vested interest in a successful Covid-19: latest news from the GS and the EC 4 l transport sector and have worked, with sister l Frank Rimmer and Bob Moran stick it to Boris 5 trade unions, companies, and government, to plus Off the Rails: Meg Hillier; John Bolton; increase capacity to encompass a rise in Gavin Williamson; Ruth Davidson; Julia Sawalha passenger traffic to maintain the various steps in l PM is living with Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island 6 social distancing. But as the Prime Minister encourages people back to work and to use Transport Secretary signals the way ahead to the 7 l public transport (between 9am and 4pm) from 1 Williams review set to be published next month August I am fearful, as with the pictures we saw l Happy Shapps? Grant takes a journey to the 8 when pubs reopened, and beaches were east (coast) and makes an ideological U-turn 10 inundated, that such mixed messaging will be detrimental. If this backfires the message of key Features workers running essential services for key l Gregor Gall reveals how Munira Mirza and other 10 workers and a greater good will be much former members of the RCP have quietly moved diminished. into positions of power and influence in Britain We want the economy to recover and only l Racists in my face: Ed d’Bell on being black in 11 real investment will drive the growth we need, Britain. Taking a knee, raising a fist, and making otherwise wholesale unemployment will be a a stand: the powerful stories of Colin Kaepernick; reality. Our industry, some experts say, will take Tommie Smith; and Josiah Wedgwood 11 five years for passenger growth to return. I am not so sure as we were previously l Black lives matter: Shekhar Bhatia on football, 12-13 oversubscribed and unable to deal with fascism and National Front boot boys; and population growth. Travel patterns will change, Steve Crowley on why we need to Kill the Bill and the model may not be the Williams l Katy Proctor reveals the dos and don’ts of data 14 approach, but we will campaign for rail to be at protection and the tricky old world of GDPR the heart of the opportunity to build the green l Roger Galloway-Smith on the demonization 15 economy that was so popular and right before and destruction of GRT communities the pandemic. 12 We have been trialing bubbles where drivers Regulars work together after testing to facilitate in-cab training for handling and traction conversions l Branch Lines: We want your photographs 16 and those pilots have been successful so l Points and Crossings: Kurdistan and TfL 17 companies are seeking to do their own l Double Heading: Ian Prosser; and Andy Kitson 19 reviewable trials. Work has also been done to run l Letters and Classified Advertisements 20-21 a pilot for the needs of the sandite and other needs and other workshops are reporting back l Chris Proctor lifts the lid on the tawdry history 22 on the industry efforts in partnership to find of pay to play: how British businessmen have solutions to safe working in confined spaces. persuaded politicians to do what they want 15 Previous work had already been completed on l On Track: Brian Jackman fondly recalls family 23 socially-distanced classroom and static training. hols that began on the Cornish Riviera Express; The measures are all reviewable and at this time our Prize Crossword; ASLEF’s Legal Services; there is no intention to move away from our and members’ Change of Address form policy and best practice in bulletin eight. There will be many challenges, but we will The ASLEF Journal is published every month by: not allow opportunism by bad actors to ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN unreasonably undermine our terms and Tel: 020 7324 2400 l email: [email protected] conditions or agreements. Finally, my thanks to website: www.aslef.org.uk l twitter: @ASLEFUnion 22 all the branch secretaries, reps, officers, EC, and staff for going the extra yard for us all. Please be EdiToR Mick Whelan l dESiGNER Michael Cronin l PRiNTER College Hill Press, London, SW19 4HE AdvERTiSiNG ASLEF Journal, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN. Contact Keith Richmond on 020 7324 2407 or safe and well. [email protected] l ClASSiFiEd AdS [email protected] or call 020 7324 2400. The acceptance of a Yours fraternally display or classified advertisement does not necessarily imply endorsement of that product or service by ASLEF CHANGE oF AddRESS Please post your details to ASLEF, 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4NN Mick Whelan, general secretary August 2020 l The ASLEF Journal 3 News Too much too soon SLEF has criticised the government’s decision to ditch its covid-19 working A from home guidance – in place since March – and tell millions of people to start using public transport again and return to their offices as ‘too much, too soon’. QUOTE… Boris Johnson used his regular coronavirus ‘We’re working hard to get the virus, crisis press conference on Friday 17 July to beg I mean, the vaccine’ – Matt Hancock , Brits to get back to work to boost the country’s Today , Radio 4, Wednesday 15 July economy. He unveiled a new ‘contain …UNQUOTE framework’ designed to show that the virus is under control. The Prime Minister urged people to use Mick: ‘We cannot deliver safely that this is the right time to relax procedures public transport between 9am and 4pm, anywhere like the peaks of the past’ designed to keep passengers, and staff, safe rather than travel during peak times, saying: from covid-19 on public transport in Britain. ‘There is a lot of spare capacity that is not ensure the increase in capacity that allows safe ‘As train drivers we believe in public being used.’ travel and operation with proper social transport – we love trains! – and we want GS Mick Whelan said: ‘We need clarity and distancing. people to use trains and buses. But we want we are not getting clarity from this ‘Mr Johnson must be careful not to send passengers to be able to travel safely and this government. Mr Johnson and his ministers out more mixed messages that compromise seems to be too much, too soon.’ have become the masters of mixed messaging the safety of key workers travelling or Mick added: ‘We look forward to the time and misleading information. operating all modes of transport. when we can safely get back to normal and rail ‘We have worked with the industry and the ‘We cannot deliver safely anywhere like the forms the backbone of a green economic government throughout this pandemic to peaks of the past and we are not convinced recovery for Britain.’ by Ron Greenwood in TWEETS OF THE MONTH England dropped Jack the boot room at West Ham where he So glad the government found the cleaned the boots of, because he was black magic money tree…phew. among others, Clyde @raygarland70 Plymouth branch is inside-left who scored Best, then one of the backing a campaign 137 goals in 401 few black footballers Chris Grayling fails to become to erect a statue in appearances for in the top flight of intelligence and security chair. honour of a footballer Plymouth Argyle. English football (see Conservative colleague Julian Lewis picked to play for Bob Jack, the page 12). humiliates PM’s pick. England in 1925 – Argyle manager, called The Jack Leslie Jack leslie @guardiannews then dropped by the Jack into his office to Campaign, run by fans selectors when they tell him he was 0-0 draw in Belfast, of Plymouth Argyle, ‘Chris Grayling fails’ the new discovered he was playing for England Jack scored twice as Exeter City, and dystopian children’s party game. black. against Ireland; but Argyle beat Torquay United, is @SimonWeller Jack Leslie, born at when the selectors Bournemouth 7-2 at trying to raise Canning Town in the realised he was black Home Park. £100,000 to put up a Nigel Farage hired by Fox News as a East End of London in they replaced him After Jack retired as statue of Jack in political anal cyst [sic] 1900, to an English with Billy Walker of a boilermaker back in memory of the man, @BBCNews mother and Jamaican Aston Villa.
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