BIRMINGHAM Fred Orton of ASLEF on the picket lin at Saltlev. Brimingham said: eight hour day was fought for in 1919 and has been 4part from flexible rostering varying teminz-on canes rom auy to auy.
vouiu uso vory ine renein orine wor ing day. They 've talked in the press of seven to nine hours, would mean six to ien nour:
It would be impossible exchange turns of duty. , wrich enaore men wno uve alono wav awav io ao turns that coincide with public transport.
days of different length, there would be no socia It also brings in the safety question wilw ervers takme ourronns oner work ing long hours. The pay deal had nothing o do with acceptin •We agreed discuss productivity we did not agree to accept management's JuJUsus. t rie ouru nuve reruseu tu honour their agreement.
'The 39 hour week has been agreed for iwo years now. They're using it to force ' us to work to shed jobs In the West Midlands they will expect 1o 'save Is per cent of lobs wiinin cerram erades 'Engine drivers, guards, yard staff and station staff would all be affectea their administrative staff in order to app.
'We're managing to survive on three covs nov arine momene ou we nove to escalate the dispute if they don't back down by both financially and through th blacking of goods.
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET Walter, a member of New Street No4 branch of ih NUR told Socialist Challenge why he had come out on a 24 h0u1 Doresi sirike 'It's over flexible rostering, which the NUR leadership have agreed to. Il affects the eight hour day which Sid Weighell and his father fought for. Now They are letting it g rirsı In and now they turn round and tell us only get 39 hours pay.
'A meetin for drivers to auy arter ana sale inor ine sirike given instructions to other depots to are going wurch branch and he went on Birminghar raaio to tel peopie to go lo work committed to the NUR and it's more than his job's worth io sappor as La mere inree per ceni ana inere s so much unemployment. vhy it's mainly young NUR member. wrio ure out Drolesiis s and Mr Daniels, the branch chair, everything's political nowadays!
NOTTINGHAM meetine SHEFFIELD suspended.
LEEDS Leeds City NUR have passed u resolutreiary and the NEC We've always had set turns of dut Greg Tucker, seven or nine hours There will be a lot of job losses plus the overall wages will called last Wednesday voted 85 to 17 in favour of strike action ine manusemen mer wan ine Loc ine wouldn't do any good and that they'd That's why some guards Daniels is the chair of ou 'He's on the LDC 1oo. He's really at the top General Meeting.
'There are going to be job losses, for response now.' I think it's wrong young people PADDINGTON socwus cnouenee pomnreo ourint had said telede co cie s orca alo the A vote for strike action was lost by thref erowine aneer votes at the Nottingham NUR branch workers.
In the first week of the dispute, Sheffield EALING wulk cecdea io work io rue dan overtime and Sunday working. At a meeting on 24 January a tied vote led to action being NUR branches tion of no confidence in the General SecSocialist Challenge STREATHAM HILL, LONDON Southern Region guard reports that London Bridge, Cannor. Street, Coulston and a number of other depots followed the call from Streathar Hill to come out on Friday 22 January:
He said: 'I was part of a delegation o" guards from ten depots who lobbied the NUR national executive. We were met by a muarare of inreuts ana empry promises 'Unfortunately some of the "left" members of the national executive argue that we should hold our fire at the mo ment, dragging out local negotiations for us lome as dosstole umu ine next annua "This strategy will only serve to disarm us. What is needed is a co-ordinater Paddington Nol NUR has passed a of no confidence in the . It calls errm seliciary unu ine IU woor ne ivac io re neronme voruor rostering and to call immediate strike action in support of ASLEF Paddington guards Local Department Committee ha : variable and reports from down the line in Reading and Oxford indicat Station staff at Paddington collecter £50 for the ASLEF strike fund, includin donations from the staff canteen Peter Grant, ASLEF spoke to the Ealing area Labour Party on the issues behind the strike and was greeted with appiause by the 200 strong audience EDINBURGH AND NOTTINGHAM have called for Weighell and the ryatone! Executn? Committee to resign.
28 January 1982