JOINT CONTROL
ON BRITISH RAILWAYS
MR. BARNES'S PROPOSALS.
(ReceTvea August 10, 2.30 p.m.)
LONDON, 9th August.
In the House of Commons, Mr. G. N. Barnes moved amendments to the Railway Decontrol Bill, assuring rvlwaymen, seven seats on the directorate of each group of companies. He said that jodnt control of industry woxddi do more than anything else to lessen disputes. The present proposal would give the workers an insid'o knowledge and a keener feeling of responsibility.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, in opposing the amendment, said that.amity between the companies' men could not be achieved by imposing conditions on the companies which they had previously rejected. If ,the companies welcomed Mr. Barnes's innovation, the workmen would jump at it/. In the agreed scheme.under which they weTe working, there was every apportunifcy for' dealing with all disputes. If tho workers had been mistaken in agreeing to thatf scheme they were responsible. : ■ ', '
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 35, 10 August 1921, Page 6
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149JOINT CONTROL Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 35, 10 August 1921, Page 6
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