asgow mourns Tom Bourne
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bout 250 Glasgow Corporation drivers onductors stopped work on Monday to the funeral of 18-year-old Tom Bourne, ductor who died after being stabbed on s on February 15. None of the 70 buses Ling from the Par-tick depot where he d was running; their crews marched the funeral cortege.
busmen last week-end carried out their )f imposing a "curfew" on night services day and Saturday evenings in protest at angers of assault from thugs. Many 3nds of would-be passengers had to home or queue for taxis in the rain. Alan Thomson, national bus secretary TGWU, flew to Glasgow from London mday to attend crisis talks with Glasgow trates and members of the city's trans
port and police committee. They discussed extra measures to aid bus crews against attacks by hooligans.
NGT pay deal
• A pay and productivity deal for about 700 maintenance and engineering employees of the Northern General Transport Co, Ltd., has been agreed between the firm and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers—subject to confirmation by the Department of Employment and Productivity. According to the union, the men involved receive a basic rate of £15 17s for a 40-hour week, but under the terms of the agreement would be able to increase this by £2 a week.