RAILWAY WAGES IN BRITAIN
INCREASE CLAIMS REJECTED LONDON, September 16. Two big railway wages claims which would have cost about £40.000,000 a year to meet have been rejected by the Railways Executive. One was for an all-round increase of 15 per cent, for 500,000 railwaymen, and the other for a similar increase for 100.000 railway shopmen. . The “Yorkshire Post says the railwaymen will pursue their claim through the industry’s highest negotiating machinery—the Railways Staff National Tribunal. “Executive spokesmen warned unions that British Railways could not afford increases,” says the newspaper. “They said another pay increase might threaten the present goods and passenger charge level, and lead to another application for a fares increase.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19530918.2.98
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27148, 18 September 1953, Page 9
Word Count
113RAILWAY WAGES IN BRITAIN Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27148, 18 September 1953, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.