PICKET London Transport | Socialist Action 1983

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ON TUESDAY 28 June, 2500 London bus drivers and conductors walked out on strike.

The action began when London Transport management tried have garage inspectors doing the traditional work of seniol tors at the Tottenham salast The Transport Union at Tottenham brought all their buses off the road and appealed for support from other garages.

By late afternoon all buses 15 Centra London garages were off the Management rapidly saw their error and agreed to norma working procedures at Tottenham.

This is the kind of fighting unity we will need to defeat the cuts proposed in the LT three .to year plan.

This proposes a five per cent cut in operated mileage, 700 less drivers increase number arivel only buses with the loss of 1500 conductors and new work . procedures for garage inside staff.

In a divide and rule ploy, LT have told the public that fares will only be held down if these economies carried through (An LT worker)