Interview with Martin Eady, President of the London Transport National Union of capacity)
WHEN THE fares were reduced, by the Labour Greater London Council, attitudes from railworkers. The majority were completely in favour of it because they could see that this would be an insurance for their The more people transport system, obviously the better it is for our jobs.
The union leadership played upon a fear present among some of the more backward sections of the workforce by claiming that the reduction in fares reduced the value of our be free pass. In fact we got a off payment response to that and the leaders played on that by beating the old drum about having cheap desatccuse railway workers.
reaction in the depots and stations to the Appeal Court's ruling on fares is that it's an obvious intervention by democracy. People still have a lot of illusions ir bourgeois democracy. District Council of the Railwaymen (personal there were two who travel on the parts of fares. But this is ine sort of approach we should be taking I've a feeling, however, that our right win leadership in the NUR wil . sayıng very little and quietly chuckling over the situation. The London Labour Party should issue a call for industrial action particularly on behalf of council employees. Strategy The special London 12 December, which has been called to discuss a strategy for fighting the Heseltine Bill, seems ideal opportunity to begin that process.
There would be a battle with some of the unions, obviously, but the more shop stewards and middle and level officials that are involved in the conference, the better the chances of winning. A call for industrial action could come out the conference. local governments, indeed national governOHL the policies that they wish to if it's not an e interests u capitalism.
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