Off rails but still moving
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THE NATIONAL rail strike earlier this week had a patchy effect.
The Post Office told CM on Monday that it hoped to be able to cope, although it did not pretend it would be simple. "It will not make our jobs any easier, but business must carry on as usual," a spokesman said.
Normally the PO uses 5, trains per day to carry 70 cent of the letters, and 60 cent of the parcels quota. "I ing the rail dispute in Jam and February, we were able get 70 per cent of the first-c letters delivered, while the D post service was unaffected,' said.
The PO made "extensive u of its fleet of 27,000 vehicles its inland air service networ get the work done.
The Newspaper Publish Association was badly hit by dispute. When asked how it managing, a spokesman s. "With great difficulty," and plained that things were so I tic that he could not comrr further.
The Freight Transport AI ciation said it was too earl) get an immediate response fi its members. "People are waiting to see what is happer at the National Union of F waymen conference," an FTA presentative told CM before strike was called off.
"But while this is happen people will be shifting to r and will do so until the train $. ation is sorted out."
The FTA was "making sou ings" on the road transport to ensure that vehicles vl available.
Sealink remained untrout by the dispute, except for Dover-Dunkirk route, which perienced delays. "Everythin going well," its spokesman I CM.
The NUR workers at Sea did not obey the strike call, cause they have a separate agreement to British Rail. NUR spokesman explained 1 Sealink was in a worse finan situation than British Rail, . workers there could not be pected to join the strike actior