'RAIL cutbacks Rail's response strike.
It is a barefaced lie and a crude attempt to divide the Tories all workers. The policy, worked he strike. is based on destroving the railways. A corner of the curtain been lifted on this sordid plan - of all people management of the West German railways.
Rail has decided to slash three out of tour train terries from Harwich.
The West German railways which carry three times as much freight as Britain, called BR's refusal to invest the are now inevitable'. This is the traindrivers' necessary wallch WaS certain to produce a profit, as 'ludicrous'.
Rail used to make a lot of money out of Harwich, point out the German bossed "They spent all their profits on road termes and Tated to re-invest in rail ferries' Now, surprisingly, they are uncompetitive.
Lorries opposed to Thatcherland, West German railways official declared: 'On the continent believe in keeping as many heavy lorries off the road as possible.
Thatcher's intentions are those of the madnobse treightliner driver depot plained. 'I regularly carry our 1000 ton limit. We go tor part of the journey along the side of the motorway, and we speed past the lorries, averaging 5 miles per hour 'It would take 30 lorries with 30 drivers, pumping out all the pollution and destroying our Cilvironment move the same amount of stuff slower unan ine inree people manning the train.
'This is known as "efficiency" by Thatcher and her BR puppets. And let's remember that 70 per cent of all road building is carried by central govellment.
An answer to Thatcher can't limit itself to proposals about the future of W al we need is an integrated transport system.
recent Socialist Challenge pamphlet, How to Fight Productivity, written by railworkers, takes up this issue: Services Transport is a basic and essential service that has to operate in the interests of working people. It is the life blood of any industrial society.
The inefficiencies and wastefulness of capitalism are highlighted by the present transport system which allows one sectior to compete against instead of utilising all the resources as fulpossible. An tegrated transport system is needed that works for the enerofit people, the the profit the capitalists.
A Labour government would need to take special measures to develop such a system, particular massive programme of public transport, with no strings attached. would also need nationalise the don NI LAr.
road haulage industry without compensation. Thatcher has sold off the freight traffic that once went by rail to her friends in the private road haulage sector. Industry Private firms are now legally entitled to operate passenger services while rail fares are deliberately put are travel man! reach and ine private services look more attractive. All transpor workerr regardless of which sector they work have no interest-m the of transport industry.
soclalist unallenge Cheques/Postal orders to Cardinal Enterprises Ltd. Available from: Rail pamphlet, PO Box 50, LonThe next Labour government should also renationalise all the privatised sectors on rail no compensation When rail was nationalisea in 1947 massive compensa ed to the private owners and we're still paying for it today.
But to commit the nex: Labour government such radical policies mess. a campaign now:rs.c National waymen, hand glove management instead of the interests of theses.
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