ference of the guards, shunters grades, Alfred Goldstein as the chair of British rail.
Alfred Goldstein is the author of the called 'minority' section of the serpell report. Ine maiority report is totally hostile to the nationalised railway system. Goldstein's option involved even more narche job slash the present 10,375 1630 HIC FCLWULK miles.
NUR The delegates were determined to fight back, even though they have been buffeted by the sellOULO vers ske against flexible rostering; driver-oniv-operation trains and the trainman's 'WILL WE meet again next year?' This was on the minds of delegates at the 49th annual rail union conshunters and chargemen in Southport last weekend.
The nightmare of the complete disappearance of 15,000 guards in British Rail and London Transport is more real with the rumoured appointment of concept.
There was a small increase in the number. of delegates this year.
Resolutions from the Nor. thampton Nottingdica out by large majorities because thev accepted the trainman's concept as an accomplished fact Thère were also important changes executive committee. Strong struggle candidates from Tinsley in Sheffield and Streatham in London ocal rigal wing and communist candidates by solid majorities.
The Broad Left fringe meeting attracted 50 of the delegates. Delegates Kings Marylebone and East and West Ham branches pointed out that Serpell is being carried out already with BR attempts to close the engineering workshops the Lincoln branch They explained that effective VODOSILIUl Serpell could only be built by resisting the productivity measures being pushed through now by manage. Sack Unfortunately there was no conference resolution mapping out a clear strategy for protecting jobs and dealing with new technology, apart from an emergency resolution Kings Cross on the use of 'retresher rules anc regulation exams to weed out alla sack guards.
Serious co-ordination must now be organised by those orances fighting back. Railworkers battle against Serpell carve-up SAY NO TO SERPELL man has got. When he was Labour's Chancellor resisted devaluation Ther in a remarkable gymnastic act devalued - which was a bit late cost some billions of pounds.
But he is a trier who is never put off by making a balls-up. From 1967 to The was Home Secretary where he was responsible for sending the troops to Ireland and pushing through laws on immigration that cost lots of black votes.
where the poorly paid public secto worker discovered the benefit. of Jim's five per cent and his attachment the he IMF. When he called the election in May 1979 this the master of timing had made sure that Thatcher would win.
However slander to suggest that the Tory Central Office sends regular donations cam paigns. . He is not a Tory agent. He is lust a no very bright man who loves capitalism.