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GOLDEN handshakes of up to £33,155 are being given to the Greater London Council's six Labour appointees whose fiveyear contracts as part-time members of the board of London Transport were cancelled after the formation of London Regional Transport.
Dr Keith Bright, chairman, said that only Larry Smith, assistant general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, made a "positive contribution" to management.
The issue of The Daily Telegraph in which the news was published contained an advertisement by the GLC for a waste planning officer at a salary of £15,834 to £17,598 a year. The appointment is superfluous as the council has made a splendid job of planning waste without one.
By comparison with the parttime amateurs in London, a New York suburban railway conductor who earned about £80,000 in the first 10 months of the year is good value. He is willing to work up to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, which helps to explain why he has earned more than the president of the railway company.