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Podcast: Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episode: April 5th - That Friday feeling as more rail strikes hit
Description: National rail strikes by train drivers have entered their 22nd month with a series of “rolling” walk-outs, one region at a time, planned for early April. Members of the Aslef union plan to halt thousands of trains on 5, 6 and 8 April. The aim is to disrupt services on the 14 rail firms in England that are controlled by the UK government and represented by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Rolling strikes cause maximum disruption for minimum loss of pay.Today I'm talking to Mick Whelan, general secretary of the train drivers' union, Aslef, on the first da...