WAGE CLAIM REPORT

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28629, 4 July 1958, Page 10

WAGE CLAIM REPORT

Explanation By Railwayman

“I wish to clarify any false impression that may have been taken from the statement issued by the Addington branch of the Railway Tradesmen’s Association,” said the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (Mr A. A. Adcock) in a statement yesterday. “The Railway Tradesmen’s Association represent only a very small number of Addington Workshop employees. I understand the meeting at which the demand for a Is an hour wage increase was made was boosted numerically by men from outside the workshop, and I feel that the impression could have been gained from the statement published in the newspapers that the majority of ’ railway men at Addington or even tradesmen were critical of the Budget and are demanding a wage increase of Is an hour.

“This is not so, as the A.S.R.S., which represents the vast majority of xailway men, has no intention at this stage of asking for a wage increase as a result of the effects of the Budget. “At this stage, we think that such a claim would be unrealistic and doomed to failure. Rather we will do all in our power to win for our members a wage adjustment which has been shown to be justified by the recent wage survey in which it was revealed that railwaymen’s wages, along with those of other public servants, are far behind wages paid to workers in private industry,” Mr Adcock said.