PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Conditions of Employment (16 October 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Josh Simons (Labour)
Answer
Sundays currently fall outside of the working week for 95 per cent of Northern’s conductors in the North-West, making the service reliant on staff volunteering to work their days off.
This is a key contributing factor to the unacceptably high levels of cancellations passengers are suffering on a Sunday. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister have both met Northern, and great efforts are going into solving the long-standing industrial relations issues and disputes that we been left with by the previous government, which are at the root of the problems with Sunday train services in the North-West.
Answered by:
Simon Lightwood (Labour)
25 October 2024
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