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Locomotive Engineers

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and

Firemen (ASLEF) on the

London

Underground. There had also been a strike by engineers employed by London Buses Ltd, which had, however, only affected about one half of London Buses' services. On the same day, the Railways Staff National Tribunal (RSNT) had heard the case of the Transport Salaried

Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) against the imposition by BR of a 7 per cent pay increase. The Tribunal's decision, which would not be binding, was expected quickly. BR oped that the Tribunal would support the settlement already posed but, if they were to recommend a moderate increase in the 7 per cent award and provided that BR could find off-setting sargs, it was possible that its management would be prepared contemplate accepting the finding. The NUR and ASLEF (the

res of whose ballot in favour of a ban on overtime and rest day working was expected later that day) had declined to take their case to the Tribunal and were thereby in breach of a 1956 agreement on pay negotiating machinery in the rail industry. It was possibl however, that the Tribunal's decision in the TSSA case coul

en the way for talks between BR and the other unions, espe y as there were some signs of resistance among certain NUR (emers to any escalation of the present dispute. In these circumces, he would continue to say, if asked, that the NUR and Aould have gone to the Tribunal, but would want to reassess the light of the Tribunal's decision and reaction to it, meshes to go on pressing that they should do

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Continuing, the SECRET

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OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT said that progress in resolving sputes about pay and the Action Stations programme on LON Underground was likely to be slow, as the attention of

of the ion leaders was concentrated principally on their disputeh BR. There were, however, signs of progress towards Settlement of the pay dispute affecting London Buses, where he trade unions concerned were recommending their members to a the management's latest offer. Contingency plans to d with the effects of the previous day's strikes had worked well. The special parking arrangements had been almost fully used and would be repeated and perhaps extended on future occasions. The park and ride

scheme at the White City had been less successful but might be tried a further time, together with a sila scheme operating by river bus from the Surrey Docks.

advertisements encouraging car sharing and other contingency measures were being considered. He would be circulating disputes to colleagues, and writing later that day supporters in Parliament.

In discussion, the following points were made

a.

fing on the Government

There were a number of other disputes which were

to attract increasing attention. A one-day strike by

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