Strikes ‘last resort’ and ‘train drivers have had enough’, says rail union boss

Union officials say the walkout was the latest escalation in a years-long pay dispute (Pictures: PA/Getty)Railway strikes that have paralyzed the UK are a ‘last resort’ for trade unions exhausted by years of low wage growth, bosses and members say.More than 9,000 workers who are part of the driver’s union Aslef (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) and the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) took industrial action today.The TSSA have also planned to s