Rail cuts —higher fares, less jobs

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LONDON Tránsport fares will rise by 20 per cent this year to cover their paltry 10.3 oer cent union offer for rail taff greatly already agreed increase for bus workers. The rise in fares is part of a deliberate strategy to split the workers who operate the service from the workers who use it:

London ransport chair person Ralph Bennet made this clear in LT News of 22 June. He claimed that workers' full claim of 17.3 per cent would mean a further 10 per cent increase in fares. and an the have pledged to phase out all operating subsidies to London Transport in the next five years.

A vital element of this plan is to drastically on the Tube. meeting the ral National Railwaymen's OHHOU SILL The Tory government and business performance Council Scheme reduce the number of jobs — particularly This is why the Union of selves agreement to discuss a productivity deal is an The unions are seeking a similar to that which operates Rail. this tivity deals mileage passeligel would be related to the number LT of staff employed and bonuses paid for any improvement'.

Workers therefore encouraged to associate them management's attempts to improve profitabutv and are set against their fellow workers whether as passengers or as unemployed.

For management, productmean one-person operation of trains. Wille mosi workers oppose inis, willingness of the union leaders to discuss the possibility can strong management fighting lead mean explaining that workers should unite against the Ton • anc management offensive with policy against productivit deals and fares increases fo maintaining living standard and for an immediate reductla in working hours without fe of pay.

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