Bombardier strikes, but not from the air
25th July 1981, Page 16
25th July 1981
Page 16
Page 16, 25th July 1981
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THE BOMBARDIER, which began as a damp squib, has developed an explosive charge. The new bus, built for CIE, the Irish state transport organisation, has been the cause of a strike by Dublin busmen.
Two craftsmen who refused to attend training courses on the Bombardier — an unfortunate name for anything in a terrorists' lair — were suspended and their mates promptly walked out, leaving behind locked gates buses emblazoned with the slogan: Trust Us To Please You.
The London Gazette gave notice of -The Borough of Stafford (Tennyson Road/Chaucer Road, Stafford) (Prohibition of Working) Order, 1981." Unemployment is now apparently to be legally enforced.