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Rail passengers are facing fresh chaos on the National Express East Anglia network after more strikes were announced by train drivers. | Rail passengers are facing fresh chaos on the National Express East Anglia network after more strikes were announced by train drivers. |
The drivers' union Aslef said its members would walk out for a week from 21 September in a long-running row over pay and conditions. | The drivers' union Aslef said its members would walk out for a week from 21 September in a long-running row over pay and conditions. |
The union said it failed to accept a deal aimed at ending the dispute. | The union said it failed to accept a deal aimed at ending the dispute. |
Workers staged strikes last month which hit services between London and Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. | Workers staged strikes last month which hit services between London and Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. |
The action was suspended after a new deal was put forward. | |
Sacked colleague | |
But Aslef has now said its 800 members refused to accept the deal in a ballot, so more strikes will be held in the week running up to Labour's annual conference in Brighton. | |
Last month's strikes hit busy commuter and other services between London and Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. | Last month's strikes hit busy commuter and other services between London and Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. |
Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association took part in the last strikes, which caused problems for thousands of commuters. | |
Meanwhile, RMT members at First Capital Connect will walk out on Monday in support of a campaign to reinstate a sacked colleague. | |
The union said Rachel Lock was the victim of an assault by a member of the public angry at being challenged over a ticket. |
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