By R Brookes, NUR guard LAST WEEK Peter Parker spent an estimated £34,000 just so that each and every railworker would have the unwanted pleasure of receiving a personal message from him through our letter boxes. Letters from management to workers' homes are becoming more and more familiar. Sir Michael Edwardes has regularly found enormous sums of money to send his views to British Leyland workers, especially when they were preparing for action to defend their jobs.
What did Sir Peter have lu say: First orance wat 28 Mav the Boara made the rollowing offer: to increase rates of epicy ir, per end on the sIx been completed by 30 July If agreement on the reached by to rely reached by Day will What an insult this offer is! It's well below other public sector workers have been offered start: And in reality, it is onSocialist Challenge 24 June cent offer - a Our lICI C Da Vi should have been backdated to 19 April, a year after the Instead, supposed to wait septembe months late — and agree to produc "The NUR hasn't even the seen fit to give a firm figure. The minimum we should be for Cell, muanon Is runing at 9.5 per cent.
And about the "productivity items! Tae mean only one tning - loss of jobs, loss of and pay worse conditions. ake the Boaros cemaneor guards on the St Pancras to Bedford line. One hundred and their jobs immediately Lucil: And it means the boare will be able press ahead to remove all talls The trains used on these lines were custom Dulll so they can be readily con'one man opera once piloț scheme at St Pancras is LIC every guard on these trains will be under inreat As li that's not enough, Board freight trains LUCI sarcly tram crews and other railworkers. Most rai don't realise that the guards responsible fol saicly case thres trallis. breakdowns in unlit tunels, other mishaps.
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