Great Britain: the train drivers’ union, Aslef, makes a bid to run the franchise for the East Coast rail

Aslef intends to make a bid as a people’s cooperative to show that the line can be better run than by a conventional profit-seeking company. The cooperative will be owned and run by its members in alliance with other likeminded groups and individuals that want to see the railway run on grounds of need and service, rather than profit and shareholder value.
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for services. The line was handed back to the government in 2008 when National Express decided it could not make enough money as it wanted from running the franchise. By Gregor Gall, Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 100383)

Aslef intends to make a bid as a people’s cooperative to show that the line can be better run than by a conventional profit-seeking company. The cooperative will be own

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