GLC veto on London Transport Board | Socialist Action 1983

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WORM'S VIEW THE FIRST blow was struck last week against the ment's plans to take London Transport out of the Greater London Council's control.

The GLC Transport Committee has sucessfully nominated five part-time members onto the LT Board -all Labour supporters thus giving the GLC a veto on the Board.

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The new committee members are now placed in the firing line for the government's plan to set up a regional transport authority with their own Hopefully the will also pose LT chief executive Dr. Keith Bright's three plan for London ycal Transport, which cludes the loss of 6000 jobs and the proposal to privatise certain bus routes.

Unfortunately for LT workers aspects of these proposals are already being implemented by the back-door with the sacking of at least workers on the Underground alone to various petty disciplinary Indeed transport committee's plan for London OWI Transport no alter. native, as it puts forward the need for a reduction of the workforce.

The Board members and the Labour Group the GLC should come out with a clear policy of no cuts or against if the Teals will tans the workforce and the public against the Tories' plans.