Just for The Record
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I READ with amusement the news item Act Aids Busmen (CM, July 19). I say with amusement because the report quoted The Record, July 1980) was so far from the truth that it must have been the product of the writer's imagination.
The article dealt with a very serious situation which was exacerbated by the attitude and action of a small group of extremist drivers. The travelling public were put to considerable unnecessary inconvenience which resulted in the loss of goodwill and a decline in patronage which I believe still exists to this day.
I can write with some authority on this subject as I was the chief engineer (newly appointed) at Blackburn during the period in question. I do not wish to be seen to be -union bashing'', on the contrary unions fill a valuable role, but I do feel that some local branches