RAILWAY CALL FOR NATIONALIZATION.
17th July 1936, Page 30
17th July 1936
Page 30
Page 30, 17th July 1936
— RAILWAY CALL FOR NATIONALIZATION.
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Conditions in the road-transport industry were criticized at the conference of the National Union of Railwaymen, at Hull, last week, when the confer. ence unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a comprehensive scheme of co-ordination of all forms of transport, under State ownership and control.
'Mr. G. A. Carless, of Birmingham, referred to what he termed the " scandal " of the long hours of overworked lorry drivers.
Mr. G. W. Brown, assistant general secretary of the N.U.R., gaid that the Labour Party had an immediate practical programme-the setting up of a national transport board, which would include representatives of the workers.
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Organisations:
National Union, Labour Party
People:
G. A. Carless, G. W. Brown
Locations:
Birmingham