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ANNEX 'C

ENGINEMEN'S LODGING TURNS DISPUTE

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The following announcement was made by the Railway Executive tonight (Tuesday) :-

At the meeting today (Tuesday) with the National Union of Railwaymen and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, the Railway Executive put forward proposals for joint action with the two Unions, which the Executive hoped might lead towards the immediate cessation of unofficial withdrawals of labour by motive power staff on Sundays in the Eastern and North Eastern Regions of British Railways..

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The proposals made by the Railway Executive were:-

Exhibition to staffs at motive power depots concerned

of a notice setting out the conditions under which lodging away from home will apply on the East Coast route. This notice would have been signed jointly on behalf of the Railway Executive and the Trade Unions.

Formation of a small committee of Union and Executive

representatives to examine all rosters which involve additional lodging. (East Coast turns of duty to be examined first).

(3) Representatives of the two Unions and of the

Executive to address meetings of local

representatives of the staff concerned in the area involved.

The meeting held to-day (Tuesday) between the Executive and the Unions was adjourned to enable the Union representatives to consider these proposals. Subsequently, however, intimation was received from the N.U. R. that they "regretted their inability to take any further action at this juncture.

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In these circumstances, the Railway Executive have proceeded on their own initiative with the following announcement to the staff concerned in order to remove any possible misapprehension of a largo scale extension of the lodging principle. This announcement to the staff will be displayed tomorrow (Wednesday) at all motive power depots in the affected area:

"The Railway Executive desire to advise all enginemen and guards concerned that the principle of lodging needs to be operated under the conditions set out below. In coming to this decision they are not intending to disturb any existing lodging arrangements but in re-introducing lodging on the East Coast route they will be governed by the following conditions only, which will NOT be expage 245 of 366

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