Aslef says its members will strike in a dispute over pay, just a day after a similar announcement was made by the RMT union.
"That means, in real terms, with inflation running ahead at 9%, 10%, and even 11% this year, according to which index you use, that they are being told to take a real terms pay cut. And that is not acceptable.
"Strike action is, now, the only option available but we are always open to talks if the train companies, or the government, want to talk to us and make a fair and sensible offer."Aslef members at eight companies - Arriva Rail London; Chiltern Railways; Greater Anglia; Great Western; Hull Trains; LNER; Southeastern; and West Midlands Trains - will join the strike action on Saturday 30 July.
But Mr Whelan said that drivers at Greater Anglia would also strike on Saturday 23 July and drivers on Hull Trains would also strike on Saturday 16 July and Saturday 23 July. Further ballots close at Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry on Wednesday 27 July; and at Northern Trains; TransPennine Express; and Transport for Wales on Thursday 25 August, he added.He also denied claims from some politicians that giving workers a pay rise could make inflation worse, during a cost-of-living crisis."The government isn't asking companies to cut profits or dividend payments to help manage inflation. Wages are chasing prices, not putting them up.
It had earlier rejected a"paltry" pay offer from Network Rail, with Mick Lynch, its general secretary, saying:"The train operating companies remain stubborn and are refusing to make any new offer which deals with job security and pay."
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