Fighting the Cuts | IMGpapers 1976

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In Edinburgh it is the bus services which are threatened by the Government's cuts. Over the last few years the number of workers on the buses has dropped trom 3,000 to 1,700 as a result or various 'rationalisations' Women workers have been especially hit through the loss conductor's jobs by the introduction of 'one-man operated' buses.

Labour-controlled Lothian NOW Region Council -are plannine cut-backs which will mean higher fares But the bus workers are naving none of it. in tne words or local union official Terry Weir:

'The busmen to buses out ot the depots it tney presented with new operating schedules involving reductions. The crews appreciate inat in ine long run inis could leda to a ocK-ouT situatIon nave SO 'non-cooperation' with any scab cleaners. This policy must be changed -Dest way to win ine nant back acamst une cuts is to ensure that those fighting do not stand alone. protest