Editing ASLEF (section)

===Major industrial disputes===
ASLEF has taken part in several national rail strikes. The 1911 joint strike with the ASRS, 1919 joint strike with the NUR and 1924 strike of ASLEF without the NUR are described above. ASLEF<ref>McKillop, 1950, pp. 169–179.</ref> and the NUR were prominent participants in the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 general strike]] that unsuccessfully sought to prevent British coal companies from reducing mineworkers' pay and conditions.

In 1955, ASLEF struck against [[British Rail]]ways for seventeen days in a pay dispute.<ref>Rose, 1986, p. 37.</ref> In 1982, both ASLEF and the NUR opposed BR proposals for flexible rostering but they failed to co-ordinate strike action.<ref name=Rose43-44>Rose, 1986, pp. 43–44.</ref> First the NUR struck against BR and ASLEF instructed its members to cross NUR [[Picketing (protest)|picket line]]s.<ref name=Rose43-44/> Then after the end of the NUR's dispute, ASLEF held its own strike against BR.<ref>Rose, 1986, pp. 41–43.</ref>

There have also been local disputes with individual railway operators such as those with [[London Underground]] in 1982, 1989 and 1996.