dustrial action to save jobs.
British Rail claims that Tere wil savings with this particular productivity exercise'. sul I our mrst tew weeks have signiticant v highe than they bargained for.
One of the first trains to go out guardless from our depot was a coal train scheduled to deart 1roll B. The gulid 105.15 guards prepare SO li was done by another railworker.
However, the usual delays at the colliery meant that the train never Teli Bagworth until 9am! this case, the train hadn't been loaded the night By the time the train was ready, the driver was unable to complete the job in the booked time. when the complications set in. This driver is demanextra £7.32 - the price KIK paying driver to do the guard's job when such a turn is actually worked says, rightly, that it wasn't his fault the train Was ready.
A nomen driver was asked to. work inic honked WOIK guardless train, so his duty is to be paid at the normal rate. So the second driver who worked Willoul guard is equally angry.
The whole affair and the time lost and chaos in irve to rua a secolu driver to cover such turns BR thought about SIUWS one thing only: the need to get rid of the guards, who are a highly organised sec tion of railworkers, and ir the process buy ott ine drivers All this will reintorce ine crar alvisions i. the industry which were has started on the 16-week trial period called for in the agreement being undercut, , especially during the miners strike in our case.
Chair, Coalville guards Will the savings for BR I don't de so enormious. think so. Coal trains are regularly cancelled because BR hasn't enough wagons to replace cripples. thanks to their previous decision • LO GO away with shunt locomotives, the wagons Roy Butlin, leader of Coalville guards to relurn guaras lo evely train, but it's also something our delegates to the Labour Party can take up in a big way. It will need planned campaign if we are going reverse this attack jobs and safety, not at all ruled out that we Calm HaKt some advances despite the ballot results.
Labour Women's Action Committee Annual General Meeting 11 January, 10am till 6pm Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Accommodation:
WAC supporters arriving on Friday night should meet at the Kengington pub, upstairs room, Newton Street (near Picadilly)
Registration in advance write to Judy Sadier, 56 Milton Road, London SE24 ONP
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Coalville trains. Three weeks ago, five of 30 of our guards jobs were suspended or altered to allow for
signed by the National Union of Railwaymen in the wake of the defeat of the guards' ballot over in-