Unions 'forthcoming' over women drivers
28th June 1974, Page 26
28th June 1974
Page 26
Page 26, 28th June 1974
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Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear, Trade Union, Bus Driver, Baroness
THE TRADE UNIONS had been very forthcoming in the matter of women bus drivers in London, said Government spokesman Lord Garnsworthy, when Peers protested last week at the small number of women employed on transport in the capital.
London Transport now had its first woman driver and three others were training, noted Lord Garnsworthy.
This was described as "totally unsatisfactory" by Baroness Seear, while Baroness Summerskill observed that "one swallow does not make a summer".
Lord Garnsworthy agreed that the public services should set an example of nonsex discrimination and employ more women.