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instructed to run and its position on driver only operation.
we refused, we were sent home. the trade union movement! THE TUC congress was notably silent on the issue of a rail strike and the plight of sacked guards. But during the GCHQ debate, Scorfish railworker PÅT DEVITT took the opportunity to highlight the driver only dispute.
ISTARTED with the railways in 1938, more than 27 years ago. In July of this year rail workers in this area were issued with copies of their service my particular case this showed an almost 100 per cent clear discipline and attendance record. But within three weeks I was sacked.
Why? Because I am a Glasgow Central guard.
Like guards in other parts of Britain we were issued with an ultimatum by management: we were experimenta driver only operated trains and told to forget about past procedures of consultation and negotiation. We wen being asked to abandon any loyalty to our unior We were being given a large sample of a nev jack-boot industrial relations policy of BR. Wher When we continued to stand by our union, we were sacked.
This is the industrial tyranny railworkers now face, brought about by a combination of the anti-union laws introduced by the present government, alongside the threat of the dole queues if we refuse to click our heels when management snap their fin tyrants must be met with resistance. Long live
Socialist Action 13 September 1985