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ASLEF Zooms in for Conference ASLEFJOURNAL JUNE 2021 The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen Free to members ASLEF Zooms in for conference Our annual assembly of delegates meets virtually by Zoom The train drivers ’ for the first time. Dylan Nardini is landscape photographer union since 1880 of the year. Heather Waugh on solitude and camaraderie 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 We shall not be The magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen afraid to stand up ‘£1.5bn savings is a euphemism for service for ourselves reduction and job cuts’ E HAVE completed our first virtual conference in 141 years and delegates showed fortitude, and patience, with the online format, and teething problems, W and determination in questioning and making policy to have the members’ voice heard. Personally, despite the efforts of the tech team, and all the work that the staff put in behind the scenes, I hope it is our last virtual conference. The passion, compassion, and empathy shown by the delegates was palpable – but seems greater in person. All the policy items were dealt with, but time ran out on some of the rule changes, which were not discussed, but can come back, as has happened with in-person conferences. Our AAD was held virtually, for the first time, by Zoom No matter how many times I have explained that it is the branches and members News that make the policy of the union, there are still those who complain on social media when we carry it out. We remain, I believe, the only union that elects every position – l At long, long last! It’s the Williams rail review! 4 with no appointments – and has such a democratic parliament as AAD. Our union And it’s Bunnygeddon in Simon Weller’s garden ancestors gave us a great legacy – and strong foundation – on which we continue to l Gerald Ratner regrets that confession to the IoD 5 build. So I thank the branches that put forward the agenda items, and all the delegates plus Off the Rails: Adam Love on lobbying the who, once more, demonstrated what trade unions are about, and the values we share in government for Hitachi Rail; Coke head needs to common on a truly collective basis. wake up and smell the Costa Coffee; Sian Berry It is these collective values, strength, and responsibility that we are going to need on premiers; Lionel Barber on Boris and his bike; in future with a government playing games with our future on the Tube and the and Miriam Margolyes as Sexy Sonja on tape announcement of Great British Railways in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. l Heather Waugh tells the Beeb what it’s like as a 6 Let’s deal with the bailout of Eurostar first . The fact that the government took no freight driver, being a woman in a predominantly part in securing the future of the company, HS1, or our UK driver, is a matter of national male industry, and suicides on the permanent way shame. So much for encouraging passengers back? The lack of a truly long-term solution l Dylan Nardini’s award-winning landscape photos 7 for TfL smacks of political game playing – to attack the recently elected Labour Mayor – and smacks of levelling down. Let’s not forget the large level of poverty and l Alan Moss on the power of the branch res 8 unemployment in the capital; we should be driving all those with needs forward. Features As for Great British Railways , what does a government bereft of ideas do? It takes l Gregor Gall on bluster, bombast, and buffoons 10 policy out of the Labour Party manifesto, rebrands it as its own, but leaves out the good bits and goes light on detail, representation, green investment, and removes private risk. l ASLEF’s annual assembly of delegates 2021 11-14 The Prime Minister talks of greater private usage in the new model, whilst the paper talks l Peter Acheampong reports on the TUC’s black 15 of £1.5 billion of savings. Is that a euphemism for service reduction and job cuts? I believe workers’ conference, held virtually via Zoom so. I welcome the wheels and steel coming together and the idea of long-term planning Regulars but not on this basis. The opportunity to nationalise, invest greenly, level up, and drive the railway – and the country – forward has been missed, as well as the chance to l Branch Lines 16 decarbonise for the health and security of future generations. l Rob Spilsbury reports on the online TUC young 17 We have two new NCRs – national railway concessions – already awarded, without workers’ conference; and Nandita Shivakumar competition, so how many more will we see just to keep the privateers in the industry? reveals the truth about poverty wages and sexual And how much will they be generating for the savings in the Williams paper, as they now harassment among garment workers in India bear no risk? Nobody can tell me why we need them! The paper does attack our wages making fashion clothes for top British brands and conditions, but spectacularly fails to mention the decades of flexibility and productivity given to keep the previous model afloat! No meaningful mention of the l Obituaries 18-19 future of freight in any tangible way, either. l Letters 20 We need a sustainable railway , not a cash cow for third parties. I hope the references l Chris Proctor on the world’s first passenger 21 to devolution are real and not the devolution of cuts which we have seen in other areas, railway, the Swansea to Oystermouth tramroad especially after a decade of cuts for those in all forms of local government. We shall not l A few splendid mood-enhancing books to 22 be afraid to stand up for ourselves and call out anything that impacts on safety. brighten up the longer days this summer What a world we live in when it is reported that the Prime Minister and his immediate family have had £27,000 worth of takeaways allegedly paid for by others in l On Track: new papers reveal Duke of Windsor 23 was a Nazi spy; Prize Crossword; Legal Services; the last eight months when campaigns had to take place to feed hungry children outside and your Change of Address form term time and people are thanking the government for the food banks they have caused after their decade of power. EDItOR Mick Whelan, general secretary l DEsIGNER Michael Cronin Finally, I have to report the passing of former sectional council member and PRINtER College Hill Press, London, SW19 4HE l ADvERtIsING ASLEF Journal, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN. Contact Keith Richmond Stratford branch stalwart Andy Ramsey who I had the privilege of working with when I on 020 7324 2407 or [email protected] l CLAssIFIED ADs was a young local representative. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. And I want [email protected] or call 020 7324 2400. The acceptance of a display to echo the best wishes of AAD to Ray Jackson, RMS chair, in relation to his recent stroke. or classified advertisement does not necessarily imply endorsement of Please stay safe… that product or service by ASLEF ChANGE OF ADDREss Please post your details to ASLEF, 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4NN Yours fraternally, The ASLEF Journal is published every month by: ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London, EC1M 4NN Tel: 020 7324 2400 l email: [email protected] website: www.aslef.org.uk l twitter: @ASLEFUnion Mick Whelan, general secretary, ASLEF June 2021 l The ASLEF Journal 3 News the report by Keith Williams report Williams (left) which Grant shapps (centre) mutters has comes up short been subject to more delays than any rail service in SLEF has described the long- Britain has been A awaited, much-delayed, and rather slammed by Mick watered-down Williams rail review – (right) as deficient rebranded, post-pandemic, as the Williams- Shapps Plan for Rail and published in the middle of AAD – as ‘deeply disappointing’. always will be, a service monopoly where capacity falling through the floor because of GS Mick Whelan said: ‘The railway is a vital there is no real competition? The old covid-19, and a £2.9 billion shortfall in artery in the industrial body of Britain and arguments of “risk and reward” don’t apply. revenue at the fare box, the government is the social fabric of our country. It is one of There are no risks, so why should there be going to use the Williams-Shapps plan to try the prime means of moving people, and rewards? Under this plan private companies and justify cuts in services. We want to see goods, around the UK. That’s why it is deeply will still pocket a profit but the revenue risk proper investment in the railway – the green disappointing that we have had to wait 18 is dumped on the public purse.
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