FORGET WHATEVER ELSE you may be told. The national work to rule on British Rail, starting on 70 September, transport strike on 12 September are about defence of jobs.
numbers game "millionaire bingo', it is difficult to get a true picture of just how many jobs are at stake. Suffice to say that anybody working on BR or LT who thinks that any less than 50,000 jobs are under the axe during the next five years is living in cloud cuckoo land.
By fighting on the jobs the transport unions will be struggling alongbullies kers. It will be a logical oI ine supporl i has been unstintingly en to the miners by the train crews, who • e been resus to cros 'M picket lines and who Sallit sport to the dockers.
With gicalest ally will only be a matter time before the BR Board begins to make the same ¡moves to break the coalmovement boycott by the rail workers that the British Steel Corporation Inland 6 months f8; 12 months £15 Overseas (12 months only)
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Name Address Please send me as special offer Bothed by Carenal Enterpiches, PO Box 50, London N1. the London Region one-day With management and the media playing more desperately than has taken at Hunterston. The best form of defence is attack. Already 35,000 jobs have been lost for ever on BR during the last five years.
East Ham NUR
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As usual far trom being satisfied management are coming back for more and more. This is clearly the time to launch an all-out fightback.
Ever since the Tories came to power they have waged a vendetta against the nationalised transport system.
BOIS has been done Sendio: Socialist Action Subs, 328 Upper St. London NI 2XP against a background of constant cuts in subsidies and resulting productivity job loss for the workforce. The Tories having taken over LT now Insist on slasning Ine sub sidy by 50 per cent from its present £190 million to £95 million by 1987-88. Bet16,000 jobs are at stake. the Tories understand is all-out indefinite strike action against this background that the antics of the unions head offices over the last 10 days must be seen.
rirst the actions were called, but the work to rule is called 'non-cooperation' ane no all bk trains ir London will be stopped occause i septemoer onl involves London managers' districts This means for example, that LOND Pho CARLOS AUGUSTO GUARITA (Photon.
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