BRITISH RAILWAY CONTROL.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1922, Page 2

BRITISH RAILWAY CONTROL.

BIG REFORM COM2NQL WORKERS TO HAVE VOICE. [m TELEGRAPH —P2K PRESS ASSOCIATION) LONDON, January 17. British Railway Companies have agreed to place wages, hour, working and general conditions under control of Coun oils on which the workers are to he represented equally, with the employers, ns from April 3rd. BRITISH RAILWAY CONTROL. LONDON, January 17. The ‘Daily News’ states: —The general managers of the various, railway companies, after many months of negotiations, have ratified a draft agreement providing for the creation by each railway of five sectional councils, representing five groups into which all the railway employees are to be- divid ed. These councils will be composed of equal numbers of representatives of the railway companies and the trade unions, and thqy will be empowered to deal with the wages, hours and conditions of labour and discipline, and also the promition of 00-operation in increasing the business, promoting efficiency and economy, and also with suggestions regarding the bperdting of the railways. The agreement comes into force on April 3, and will mark the greatest advance yet made in a big scale towards a form of industrial organisation in which the workers, will have a definite voice in the fixing of the conditions of labour.