THIS is the best thing transport workers in London since the General Strike in 1926'. summed up the feeling of triumph on Wednesday when our one-day strike was completely solid.
All the old bitterness retween different unions seemed have evapoEveryone was celighted to see rower Li workers reallv 1o have, and mad at seeing low the press and media scarcely reported this historic action.
The confidence gained last week has made iremendous difference to our struggle in defence of obs and cheap fares. Instead complaints from all sides :hat one-day stoppage would be a futile act protest, the question Socialist Challenge that's happened to That was how one busworker evervone is asking now is:
next strike?
What action ale we gollig to take now?
Despite GLC councillors and the union leaders giving positive lead to transpor workers, the National Union of Railwavmen has shown the way by contronting management tac tics and refusing to go along with a single redundancy.
Where new rosters are about to be introduced on a reduced service for the stewards have refused to Makeroo Busworkers on the picket line at Stamford Hill garage: let's build from that unity scrutinise them, and have called on their members to lum up lor Donna duties the day the reduced sunculies are brought in.
Such actions workers and consumers in redundancies and for a decent transport service.
The stewards and local TeDS of the unions should meet again as at their recent 'conference of 600' which decided on the one-day strike action. They should send a delegation to the GLC Transport Committee and demand that it open the books to the unions and spell out exactly what cuts are going to be made.
Ken Livingstone should give us the infortruly effective campaign in defence of the Council's right Löndon Transport as the voters decided.
An all-out strike has the potential of the fight quickl and decisivel Won't Pay however well intentioned — acts as an obstacle to that fight. It lets the government off the hook and it fails to unite people around the demand for jobs.
Such in placing the burden of the struggle on isolated groups workers such bus conductors and ticket collectors cuts across the unity that is needed if we are to succeed. Our one day strike showed the unity there We have to build trom that 100% Increase Westminster?
Give us the gen, Ken Londos Transport
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