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FARE FIGHT UP AGAINST THE LAW

Red Weekly No. 182, 13 January 1977 · p. 5 of the scan · 611 words

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of reduction' of prices in promoting Fare Fight, have given support -- branch in me couns. the door for similar methods in Britain. During the sit-in shown 187 were arrested and taken to court.

•Ine Cane Para Despite Thomas, The current action is a TOUCTI these two conterence decisions to shelve dispute and union's at a cuts Tient tor memselves Manchester in September announced by London Transport on buses and tubes. since une last round or co per cant increases u June high fares by using deferred payment slips according cuts in services, and loss of jobs.

Fare Fight is now predicting that, with six months tne ground. in unis they are noping to Tonow tie example of passengers and transport who successfully united in refusing either to An encouraging step in this direction is the number of Loncon transoon workers wno now suDoor ImE campaign. Bus and tube workers are actively involved and several union branches this includes the largest NUR Earls Court, While CPSA leaders have blacked work for Gibraltar where CPSA members face a lockout (above), they open Party ministers can claim that the electorate or cabout rarty wondE ence gave to teir programme or CPSA left talk CPSA officials deba mental. bractice any prospect sinKe down TOCHIS HOTHOLO do cement ne A leadern Mowsech that A MASSIVE increase in fares of 15 per cent has been supported the principle of non-collection of highe 1976, over six thousand people have been resisting transport workers and passengers are threatened by a are imited te 1492 per essential services will result.

to build the campaign, the new rises will never get off loss of passengers after the fares go up Another sign of the headach Workers In oving London ransoon posses is me urs!

Corbyn, have each received 46 summonses active Fare on who have deferred payment slip to get there!' in the DE group went beyond the national policy CPSA', thanks to Alistair Graham General Secretary, who assured them in negotiatons unal ne dispute was Dure The DE's intentions in the discloaked word individuals contradictior meir union s oolicy is icentical Ministry Fare Fight believes that the interests of bott fare rise of 15 per cent at a time when wage increase:

cent and mal alosso -are semancine that London Transport make a full admission now o cuts in services that it is planning to compensate fo campaign is after seven months of the campaign, against the us and Plers nat inev ravened on mme ranwas win amen to ayor payment. Fare Fight is urging all its supporters join a mass picket outside Marylebone Magistrat at 1.30 pm. They say:

But it has gained the compliance ot ine oinel - main CIVIl Dervict union, the Society of Civil and Public Servants whose members will have to enforce ICEDIEL duty boune to transmit intond tion about the Debarment's in instructed her member to bay. their staff and have CALL -Ine Natonal Executive •Com mittee of the crsa was due meet on January after press Union were planning lobby call for meeting WIEN a -our detence orme be memoer. and escalation action.

Weekly sup CPSA put forward the basis for a fight as follows:

Support continuation of DE Proposed CPSA action in the UnDO TO Di commence with any DE suspenOfficial backing for darity action taken by other CPSA sections oniocalites *CPSA town committees to cal emergency meetings to be addressed by section socaner. voluntar evv or air memoen for dispute fighting fund *Call to all public sector unions with CPSA for financial ai *All DE offices to be picketed CaTE oT SuspensIons otner •SecTions SenO CPSA management action

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