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3. Lodging turns affect only a small proportion of
the staff and are not in any way excessive in their frequency. (Out of 5,430 drivers and firemen at 12 depots concerned with express services on the King's Cross and Edinburgh route, only 96 men, or 1.8%, are involved in lodging. Average frequency of lodging for the 96 men is equal to about one, night per week).
4. The Railway Executive have not sought to introduce fresh lodging turns without adequate notice being given through the men's accredited representatives, nor without proper lodging accommodation being available. Expenses allowed for lodging have recently been increased.
In expressing regret for the inconvenience caused to the public by the irregular obstruction, by a section of the staff of the reasonable application of a necessary and agreed principle, the Railway Executive point out that to abandon this principle would be to subordinate the efficiency and economy of the public service to the personal feelings of those railwaymen whose duty it should be to operate that service in the public interest.
("what the Dispute is About": A factual memorandum
explaining the operation of the "lodging turn" system, and of the staff arrangements and allowances in connection therewith, is attached for information).
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