THE rail unions have demobilised their members' struggle for a pay rise in line with the rate of inflation, and derailed the fightback against cuts and pay offer, Railway Staff National Tribunal, the top level of the industry's labyrinthine machinery of negotiation.
Its decision will not be binding, not meet until the beginning of June. mobilise for the inevitable struggle against management and the government have been shunted into a siding for at least a month.
passively accepted by the rail union leaders.
The withdrawal parcels, agreed to by the workforce; for dington, and 150 at Euston.
burgh against increased ticket collecting duties, would have led to redundancies among platform staff.
Yet the proposed inquiry. workers!
the fight for a living wage.
barks and closures conclusion to the pay negotiations.
Having turned down British Rail's derisory 7 per cent the unions have referred the claim to the but the tribunal will Thus efforts to The delay will make it more difficult to mobilise a membership that is running scared over job losses being from collection and delivery of unions, is decimating the example 138 jobs are to go at PadThat there is a willingness to fight back is indicated by the successful unofficial action taken by guards in Edinwhich COSure ManchesterSheffield-Wath electrified line, where workers started a militant fightback, has been referred to a commission of What a contrast with the miners and waterThe union leaders claim that there is to be no productivity element attached to the current pay negotiations, but they are dividing the struggle against job loss from Management does not need to ask for a productivity deal when the unions are already allowing wholesale cutto lake place without a fight.
Socialists in the industry recognise that if the fight for jobs is abandoned, there is little likelihood of a successful