depot, chairperson of the ASLEF branch there.
are getting the full backing membership but from their EC as well.
Our picketing is legal.
All we are doing is protecting our own men no matter wniere une After all we're all ASLEF, we all work on the railways which are a Haunansed and nationwide.
Hustly Kings Cross to Newcastle then we can picket from Kings Cross to Newcastle.
asking the labour movement to give us your help! We've been told that the Transport and General Workers' Union supports us - this comes mrom lei general secretary. Yet when go to places ike Sealink buses VIC TGWU members are driving these buses laugh at them and practically try to run over ucH.
member. at this meeting today said, Roy Watkins ASSASS Following a mass meeting of drivers at Kings Cross spoke to ANTHONY DENT, THE MEDIA has been trying to put over that men are coming in to work right, left and centre which we know thev re not. The BR Board have had to admit that the strike is hardening and men who felt that they were going out on a limb now realise that they not only from their 'you're lucky to see a lot of us up here without the tire marks' would have See full support from all trade unions those attilated to the TUC.
We're not sure if there are trade union members We know that there are cowboys doing some. but it ther stop you can't tell. understand that things like of household rubbish the concentration depots around London is moved by lorry because the trains won't take it.
But who are these peole ho are driving these lorries? they're trade unionists what the hell are they doing breaking strike? If they're going to themselves Laut MPs at Kings Cross unionists then let them support us.
We see sure ike a is political strike. government the Davullasici of the railways board. The government can say it's not interfering but I have no doubt that the government is determined to crush the union.
ASLEF is more or less the fourth line because we are only about 24,000 small union and should be easy to pick off.
Unfortunately this government does not Wednesday 21 June at photo: W KING realise is that we still have those lte SDILI members who formed this union over 100 years ago in Sheffield. I cannot see the men breaking.
Our members were absolutely delighted by Tony Benn and Labour MPs coming to our picket line on Wednesday. They only wish that a few more MPs backside in the House would OTI Commons instead of falling asleep during the debate and come out and show solidarity with the workers Public meetings Hackney North and Stoke Newington Constituency Labour Party RAILWORKERS per cent reduction in their number • Footolatemer worked creased by 11 per cent -Taken from Locomotive the ASLEF journal ed by 66 per cent. But footplate staff have seen a 73 • There are more chiets rewer incians for even ten men on the footplate in 1969, eight remain. For every ten managerial staff, there are now thirteen working 8684823 money. Last year BR got three per cent more work from its train crews measured in loaded train miles • The cost of paying for train crews is falling as a proportion of total operating costs. It fell by one Administrative costs are still increasing at a faster rate than train crew costs. Last year train crew costs, measured in straight money terms, in- about the rate of inflation.
But administrative costs rose by 14 per cent. • Since 1950 there has been a 73 per cent reduction in footplate staff, a 250 per cent increase in the aпочто таттє сатива ду васи rootpiateman. bu a E100 million fall in rail investment finance