Rail Strikes: Union boss 'forced' into week long walk-out

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Train drivers have staged a week-long overtime ban in a dispute over pay, threatening more disruption to rail services.

Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan told Sky News "we don't want to take this action, because we don't want people to be inconvenienced, but the train companies, and the government which stands behind them, have forced us into this place".

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