AT THE Labour Party national executive committee last week general secretary of the railworkers union, accused Denis Skinner MP of attacking the NUR during the ASLEF dispute. All that Skinner had done was to speak at a meeting in support of ASLEF and to campaign for a resolution of support from the NEC.
ship are attacking the NUR through their attempts to thrust flexible rostering down the throats of the membership.
The fight against flexible rostering which began with a day of action called the LOCa Departmental Committees upon a national campaign with chanenges BENE 3C tions of the leadership. the focuses upon the call for a special general meeung or me this at New Street, Saltley and Bescott.
at our expense.
- Jahn, Birmingham NUR Socialist Challenge 4 March 1982 page 14 Russell Tuck, assistant Russell Tuck and his like in the NUR leaderunion, which needs the backing of 200 branches.
At the same time the London LDC steering committee is asking that the union's grades con ferences be reconvened in order that Weighell's claim that 99.9 per cent of memoers suppor mexicie rostering can be refuted once and tot ai.
'A resolution from Notts, backed by Derby and all of the East Midlands calls for a vote of no confidence in Sid Weighell and calls for his resignation. We backed All Sid Weighell's after is a knighthood The campaign against flexible rostering has brought hundreds of NUR members.
and file level should continue if the campaign is to succeed. have set ourseives dong ten god to fundamentally change the union by demanding accountability trom leaders. This will require a throughout the union.
profits, they soon back down. If the Mc eight-hour day.
wouldn't accept it.
Fred Orton-Jones, Birmingham ASLEF AUEW rule book to gain support for the re-election There's not a trade tien the union executive does in British Rail help us. At the moment it's been agreed that there is to be no negotiations on these issues.
be in extreme difficulties.
So what happens with the McCarthy Tribunal report on flexible rostering and the drivers lose on that question we in London - John Godfrey, branch secretary Neasden ASLEF 'If you hit them where it hurts, with their Carthy Tribunal report went back on the ASLEF members bureaucrat in this country who is not beginning to worry about her/his position.
'LONDON TRANSPORT workers are also facing the implementation of flexible rostering. At the moment there is some unity between our union, ASLEF, and the National Union of Railwaymen. The NUR is in the majority and ASLEF doesn't have the same weight in London Transport as it But the victory of the train drivers will really But if Sidney Weighell loses his bottle, we could 39-hour week on British Rail will effect us. If the Transport don't have much chance of winning. Queues will grow are cut and we'll Other