TWO SATURDAY STRIKES COST LEICESTER 17,000
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THE two Saturday bus strikes which
recently occurred at Leicester cost the transport department about 0,000 in lost :revenue. There has since been a " fairly alarming" fall-off in Saturday traffic. according to a report by CHr. S. W. Bridges, chairman of the transport committee.
People are nervous since the stoppages." he said. "They won't come out on a Saturday if they think the service is going to be withdrawn. Our position at the end of the financial year will certainly not be as good as we anticipated at the beginning."
Last week an official of the Transport and General Workers' Union met Leicester bus crews to read them the findings of the National Joint Industrial Council on the dispute. The employees staged the protest strikes because they were dissatisfied with disciplinary measures being taken.