courage progress on other ways of speeding the sense which it does not posses, and objectivity McCarthy has laid stress saleguards supposedly designed to deal with the traindrivers tears ruling in favour ENGE 1 government, McCarthy pretends be TRENTE concessions to the drivers.
• The majority turns should not be above eight hours and not more than 20 per cent should be fact 20 per cent of turns above eight CHILL would adequately neer management's needs BECOME ON and lay the basis for worse to come. • There should be no inin the number of off. between midnighr Sam. In fact the real proSam because HAVE LO ONE HOME GEST or 3am in the morning to go to work for a Sam start.
safeguard will not deal with the problem of unsocial hours. • Rostered rest days will be guaranteed. Anyone in WOLE not see the guaranteeing of a rest day as a concession, but more of a right.
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For multi-reader instations double the above rutes Send to Socialist Challenge. PO Box 50, London N storeo as a nowaganar with the Pass Ce-s -dousnao py Cardinal Enterprises. PO Box 50, London Ni Printed By East End Offset (TUl Ltd. London E2. THE LONG awaited Tribunal ruling on flexible rostering has finally been published. Decision number T7, as it will be known, rules firmly in favour of flexible rostering. It goes on to en• There should be по NETHERE POTOTED HELE average eurnieve level LEVENS. However. the nings will inevitably fall.
Drivers longers hours for po extra pay. And that is the point McCarthy pretends to offer a sweetener by proposing that flexible rosterbe negotiated at local level with a review after 6 months: no agree. ment is reached, that item will deferred. precisely the NUR LEGI already have. In fact most of the so-called safeguards are already writen into the NUR agreement under the heading of 'guidelines'.
If LITE traindrivers ASLEF. accepts these proposals, members will be in the SOME GUDOUS DOORs NUR members.
Many guards took the opportunity ortne arivers one day actions to express their OCCLIOT INC NUR's deal.
This aspect of the rulmy proviacs a tace-save the NUR leadership.
But we should take note quarter cither. Last week BECCULA Board to discuss extra payment for those affected by month inland subscription to flexible rostering the NUR was that because actual savings on. ly amounted to 5p per day per guard, payments and rewards were in doubt. price aleguards inen:
understand that the Board and COVERICaL Have & long term plan for the railway industry which JOVES the loss of 40.000 jobs by 1983. And as the Daily Friday, That means takand defeating ASLEF Finally, McCarthy gets down to the nitty-tritty with the problem of manning. The Board wants flexible rostering firstly order to get more work for less pay. scoondly to las the ground for drastic cuts in L41513 gal Hours and ONCE doublemanned. Under the proposals this apply till nine hours and over. The result will be in traindrivers assistants jobs.
ASLEF General Secretary Ray Buckton's response so far to the decision has been weakened. He has concentrated onl conference next week the membership SAKE part in any such negotiaAll railworkers must understand that decision is an Tribunal to pull wool over eyes. It offers nothing and comes downt firmly on the side of the Board and the Tories. meeting on 6 May. threatened closure of the loco works.
Dennis Green and two local MPs.
Dennis Green explained that the I CaLCELE closure would increase the town's unemployment halt. He promised that the stewards' committee would accept no He argued that the workforce should not sell their obs for they ar school And pointed out that the town had been built around the works 100 years ago, and the works the town's main employer.
During the previons two clays, committee meetings of the National Union of Railwaymen and the Confed BR Engineers THE
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