Hull Trains drivers to strike for eight weeks over 'unfair' sacking of colleague
Members of Aslef are set to walk out from the end of this month until mid-way through May
Drivers at Hull Trains are to strike for eight weeks in an escalating dispute over the sacking of a colleague.
Members of Aslef will walk out on March 31 to May 24, threatening disruption to services on the East Coast main line, including via Doncaster.
Aslef said a driver was unfairly dismissed after raising a safety issue at a meeting, a claim the company denies.
Mick Whelan, Aslef's general secretary, said: "The company's failure to act responsibly has an impact - and enormous implications - not just for rail workers and passengers at the company but for staff and passengers right across the wider rail industry.
"This is a moral issue because we have a culture on the railway designed to keep everyone safe.
"Anyone who works on the railway should be able to report a safety concern without fearing they will be penalised, punished, or lose their livelihood. The company has behaved deplorably."