womer Dlay a lul role ll the union. Mv oranco nas passed a resoletioation og abortion.
Lallt sIcu forward when male trade unionists alt prepared To take uD fight for all members, in. cluding women.
Socialist Challenge 9 April 1981 Page 8 courage private enterprise roads are built and private coaches operate on routes where the railway Is the most suitable carrier. While cowboys in the coach and lorry business cream off the profits, bus services in rural areas ana in lowns are rcauceu and withdrawn.
In this situation it is nothing short of scandalous that the Union Railwaymen accepts the idea that rail must be made to pay, but suggests to management ways which this may be achieved. 'We're all in it together' is the constant cry of Transport Review, the NUR's journal.
Under the guise of improved rates
cilitation of speedy progress anges. anges in working practices vorse, of course).
leaders appear to nat if they can convince the ent of their good intentions, s will be kind to them, make and come up with the cash. pproach was tried in British disastrous results: and continuing closures, job victimisations.
ext gement has picked off secR which have little industrial catering, hotel and parcel Our union lenoers nave ck and allowed this to hapme oretexı mna caese seclors icrificed in order to persuade inment to finance the 'main' the unions' attitude has he railways. Rail 'Into the Eighties' LOCUnICIIl d streamlining the rail system. at means is axing at least forty is will leave some areas like les without any train services h Rail handed rail travellers blows last Xmas: fares up by enl, passenger services cul by td suburbant and a drastic slashing in the services the n region.
major terminals are closure after L.ne rush hour, and more than 100 will close in the evenings and nds. travellers, who are not, in the usiness people paying first es, but ordinary women and I get two fingers from the rail they don't work nine to five, to tridav. Most ot the proosures are stations in South mainly servicig working as. ds ritish Rail's own admission, the "captured' re the direct result of governlicies.
travelling, in the rush m into old-fashioned trains.
Such a socialist policy would mean that rational decisions could be made. The standard and level of services and fares would be decided in the framework of an overall transport policy that took account of other transport, such as buses and lorries.
All this would need a massive injection Tunes system. But it would result in improved productivity and a service that really was a service Ior lne Havenlg forms of Will it happen again?
InDIUVO TTT BRITISH RAIL ANNOUNCEMENIS BR'S FINANCIAL TIMETABLE rovinus fare increncec have haen tellnwed hv o sponding drop in the number of passengers.
730 Passenger journeys British Rail in 1977 received less government subsidy than any other major European railway except Sweden* launched a low passenger fares campaign over thier Italy FS Denmark DSB 61.2% self-financing DB Netherlands NS 55.5% self-financing Belgium SNCP 49.6% self-financing
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