SMASH ASLEF! That's the cry from the Tory wolves and their friends baying for the blood of the train drivers. The BR Board is now considersuspending driver who takes industrial action. They will only be allowed back if they join the National Union of Railwaymen.
If the Board gets its way, it will be a foretaste of what the Tories have store for all if and Tane TOnSI when Tebbit's Bill becomes the law of the land.
The train drivers have declared war on Thatcher and her anti-union policies. Gone is pretence that the ally Tories are keeping neutral in this dispute. They are fighting back weapon at their disposal.
They have told BR that it can increase its short term borrowing beyond the present £100m 'to ride out the They claim Inal a massive culback of BR is 'now 113evitable'.
The train drivers all they can get from the The movement.
Yorkshire miners are blacking lorries moving coal normally carried by rail. The miners' union is discussing national blacking this week.
Ken Livingstone, London Labour leader, nas demandea mat London Transport's f1m week teases Teve nue passengers by rail who usually go should be handed over the ASLEF.
The train drivers need more of these sort of actions, not the ad vice of 'friends' like Sid Weighell, whose slavish conduct suggests that ne would be more than happy to see the miliASLE smashed. His only response to the Board's threats was to ask for 'consultations' before it went ahead union-busting proposal.
Trade union leaders and the TUC should put their money where their mouth is. They claim to oppose Tebbit's Bill. They should put their speecnes into and throw the full of the labour movement behind the *All goods moved by rail should be blacked. *Railworkers pickets should supported and defended. *Full support for the day ot strike action called by representate Suf rank members on Friday 19 February.
London Transport should show WORKERS their solidarity fellow transoort workers and respond to this Their livelihoods are also threat from the Tory courts.
Such united action is the oniv wav the train drivers can win. It is the only way to stop Tebbit Tories. A victory for the railworkers would be a victory for workers everywhere.
Good - because that's where we at BR want you to be.
Footplate staff have an important part to play in the modernisation of the railway.
They re going to pay for it. Here in Rail House we've dreamt up a way of getting something for nothing. It's called flexible rostering.
Flexible rostering is new. It's exciting. And it's ditterent.
It has lots of advantages. We can mess about with your hours.
It will save us lots of money. buying full-page advertisements in the national newspapers.
for train crews too: (1) a 3%c increase we had (2) lots of variety - no two (3) no more letters from Peter Parker) has already week for an extra £12.000 a year.
Split shifts?
Redundancies?
Money we can spend on rise?
And there are advantages agreed to pay you anyway weeks will be the same rostering means Part of the BR team (Sir will benefit agreed to flexible rostering. He everyone has agreed to work four days a yOu So what's the probiem?
How do you think vou're going to get next year's pay And when we've finished chopping up BR. there won't be any drivers jobs left anyway!
That. in ver! piair.
English. is what BR's system of flexible It is a good one One that Except Of course nobody but Sir Freddie's friends would be able to travel anywhere.
BÜT WOULDNT BE BLOODY STINKING RICH!!
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