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LTB FACES ANOTHER OVERTIME BAN
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THE threat of a new ban on overtime by its busmen faces London Transport Board. Delegates representing nearly 30.000 bus crews in the central area are to discuss such a demand when they meet next Wednesday.
By early this week three of the garages were already operating an unofficial ban on voluntary overtime and rest-day working because they objected to cuts in services aimed at evening out schedules and adapting them more nearly to the actual staffs available to operate them. These cuts were agreed in March between the TGWU and the Board, but the men concerned have refused to accept them.
The men complain of London Transport's " dictatorial attitude" and of attempts to browbeat the Hendon crews who were the first to resist the cuts. A further complication is the belief that London Transport intends to continue the service cuts into the winter months, although the union claims that the agreement was only for the summer period of low demand. Talks about this are due to be held next month.
A ban on overtime will be all the more serious as the 40-hour week granted to the busmen is due on October 2.