aroest sinore oranen in me unton, passed a resolution calling on the National Executive to implement a nationwide rares smac. The branch is recommending that the Executive, in conjunction with the other transport unions, issue a directive to all members that they should reuse to corecine expected increases.
Meanwhile Midfands NUR is holding a day of action on 6 November, setting up cialls on station concourses to conect signatures and publicise the threat to rail services. A total of over 4,000 miles track races the axe under me govern ment's new "Transport Policy'.
In contrast Sidney Weighell, the National secretarv orine Nuh - alone Win certain consumer and rail-users' bodies - has been pleading for months with the aDour govemment norto morease lares Railway Board Transport document argues for real fare increases of 7% per cent per vear from 7971. Real fare increases mean increases on top of those to keep pace with inflation:
Weichell correctly arques that this will drive away passengers and leave the rail unions facing redundancies. However the Government wu usen lar more closely to the quiet words of the IMF thinking about increasing the costs of public services than it will to Weighell's begging letters he sort of direct action advocated by the Earls Court branch is the only way in has of Policy which the fare increases can be stopped and the sympathy of the commuters won when To ine siee or ine ral workers in mel fight for jobs and a real public service on ine ralways take up tis demana tor action trom ten executive.
Railways in South London. in 1981-? strike action on 17 November.
for labour sector unions, against the cuts.
All NUR branches should smith Hospital]