Unions OK pay cut
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Leaders of the three rail unions-never noted for their tenacity in the face of management attacks-have successfully. negotiated a £2 per week wage cut for their members.
This followed pleas from British Rail that because of Tory cash limits it could not afford to fulfil an agreement to consolidate the increase into basic rates.
While union leaders have stated their commitment to ensuring, that the money is backdated to January 1 when the annual pay review is settled in April, railway workers must expect that leaders who loan management their wages to keep in business one month will not scruple to abandon legitimate wage claims the next.
Instead of crawling to the BR. Board, the unions should have brought forward their pay demands alongside the steelworkers in defence of their members' living standards.
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