The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY SERVANTS AND

THEIR WAGES.

lIIITINU IN BRISTOL.

On Monday morning, a meeting of the Great We.tero
Rall way goods guards, sh miter., an I mignaltmos was I, 1.1
at the New Cattle Market 'favors, Ltattobtdige, to
take into c Insideration the ,lirecters' reply C. ate
memorial of the men for • reduction of workin: time,
and a return t , the to .re advantage r des of pay
they enj before the dem...silos of t-.d .
1:001i3 GUARD, premidnd, and maid that al,hough
they Is td no, yet o.rt allied what th-y wanted, still they
lived in hope. Ifs f lv th .1 they oath' ail t• be bentl.l
t og.d.her he g t • re, engines:nen, and s.geale
men— and if they act.nt h ely ,hey would get
whett bey wanted. Toey were not asiong for anything
beyond what they were i • d in lis73. At that
tune their home were 10 per 1 sy. and all overtime
beyond that was pail fir. But at th d time the, e
came a depres.lots of trade, f dlowinz noon the rike
auinng the make. in :•touth %Velem. Trade fell if, sod
the 111-R'd 0014 wa. irscresod, and jet.:, I of 10 h our.
'some h.l t wok 1 • hours per day, nuns 15 ; ..n.I
ha Iwo ke.l up to 1 hnurs and 20 it oars a day Anne
then, mid had n 'rhing at all . airt for it. ile ol
none int s lirietol at 12 o'clock in the day, iusteml of
7.3 1.. awl when he ask-.l the intlndent t put hisu
on a sin ,rter h.• robot I, and I Isisn that if Its W sr,.
to do a, it wonlil not be al'oured. Still t 5 •Y we•e
distioctly promise 1 that when trade revived again
their time 'should he reduced to 10 h 'ay, alltm
th overtime should he p for as b -for .. 'Chat wse
all they were now tatitatin: for. lie w Sr. ed the men
a ...Ind seeking ft extra train,. as thi. I .1 t insp.:A:tors
ern iig oat IM duty mess after they h t.I ...rite I many
h awe 'adore they starte I. Tote wit. datnagio.; in
eenry way. and I'd to acid lots and 1 .1 lit., And
injury to rolling etch. There were many u.s u work.
in: SU day after Sunday, reckolsin., eete...laye to the
week. aaol doin: the Sued sy wo•k for notbinz. The
railway companies chards the public just a. much for
nanniog their Sunday traln., and why 'Mould the men
who wsolce.l thome traUls not he paid. lie thoualst
thny ought to avoid Sun lay w.srk a. much cap
an I . here it was eigiged to b., d•sne it should be paid
for °tear, heir).
iioolr4 GUARD real the !tannins of the last meet.
log, at which they had tee lved to invite the mignal-
tnen a. d eattineuten' ti j•.in them in the agi•ation.
Since tne lame meeting thy had receive I the re ly to
the mem gist forwarded to the Cre it Western Railway
Directors from the delegate.. media: at tilonce.ter
December last. They would remember that the
mulandied the f Mowing resolution. g- -
o With regard to shunter.. tha, ten 11.ttra per lay, or GO
hout• per week (nab week to atasel by its,lll Mould I, • sakoel
for with on, hour an Ia h .11 out -I the h aa I r
'Nitta t gad to go 4. it Ita .In an I br.akene 4, the fol oaring
res.,luti •ne were pat ad 14 That all tel
hee. .tnett gannn a •Inik•tnelit be rebel vi Ilnak, ; GaMs to
reee ve 561 ter week, with an :coma! incre •.e. of le p w. ek
until they rent 324 ;a ol bre.k. nen, up di eine tem it, be
rated at 22a.. with an annual i eras e 4,1 Is. per week, till they
✓..sca 24. per week ; alto th t any guard or lirea.enian not
meaty., g the +ea.., as stat.al al, le• ad an •ed atone, Ital.
That all goals mambo workit..l ,uhle home train • *ha I r.relve
24. in ti,., • r rie per w et. a.lodging twee: ard. 1 hat ten
hours' actual time *ha I cotedltute • day'. work, or GO hunt
per week *Moat tine% f r all go al. area de • el break men
each week to stand by i eel.. Oyerime I, be mottle in., far as
p,eisib'e. If overtialu "Janina be mulled, it maw he pa .1 at
the rate if ten h 'or. tier day all nttlenaty attly A. he lei 1.. r
at eight hew. per .lay, 6th That we shell have our annul
Lane M • reasonable vale of t.- e year; awl that, •hlle having
mach annual leave other mein ah 11 not he eelled opei to work
lane and half, tit It 4 there s-,all be a sufficient ataff employed
to pat a Mop ti tl, ; and tat Ne hut allowed one wea.a d
panel for col selves, whoa, a,.41 chi .Ir,-n, n It That there
ehonkl be • aulleent Mad of t.-kiftcl,nl krlarant kr int en each
sten in, th hreak•men strati I riot In kept a oral.; tin
trains so lona without hem,: re.tiat

In reply received from the direcbtra, thron4h Mr.
Tyrrell. they were inform.l with reca•,l to the
shunter• that the cane. in which shunt-ra wire wholly
empl .yecl in shuntina, in go els yard• they oh .uld ho
paid at the rate of Pil day, to the week ; an I they
would be supplied with • longer pea jacket, to come
below the tope of the leggimis. (Laughter.) Then.
with regard to the several clauses of the general
memorial, the following bad been received :

Paddington Station, June 19th, latia.-4—The directors
have now finally c inablered the en.onertal a Wrested to thorn
by the 'goods guards and breakimon, and also the redoes
matters which were nisei when the deputations from
c„th.,e.g4eardnic.ta.metot
youthethebo,t.ord,,,,
llttl'tlctaJ to
Which
arrived, and the risme dlohna.tvteheny.-rtvietiliil .wn.wl•hyregaan°l
mania b may se
thereto. I—The director.
~.1..„
hoh
lingthe p *lam, of
the Icy of the men
hereafter explainol, be in accordance an re tkettom
with a of under : —Goole guards: 1-t year. ffis ; 2nd'c. ° "r"
TI. • 2nl
os
yea, gsa ; 4th year, ffits ; Sth year 30M. dra3Meti: 'y
204 224 bid year, 21..,, ; 3-.1 year, glis to gee. "e'er'
tarn w,rkl',i em I,iiot
ireernes'alneld''°erne."7l.l,Yatitt:onsit'ird baj;x4l. thefi°sUug'peo‘2s4rinetor;Pir-:
empl
thencj'ene:or.out :,,uute°d.:lef..,,certti,,f.hhetficP°water,fmth.
,aQt.
expedite the working of the traffic and hinter. the
of the train The guards ani hooksmen wh.,10 "/""IlLir.4
I ow below the above scale mat from tiine to time he pro"m"ote
on the written roe .nememlation of their superintendents,
until they attain the rate of wages author sod by the scale.
Exerptionally good and tfficient men may. on the special
recommendation of their superintendent, be advanoci to
tkirtyione shilling. to thirty two shelling. per week, alter
eght years' seralce as Kuehl., the reason for each all ea-
..eptional advance being proposal to be bench tau stated in a
epeael report to be hid before the board for their consideration.
2- Tree allowance for bailifinv-money t•i guard, and break men
who keep two homes to he et a week, and when the in. n
work only two tripe in the curse of their regular date they
Sac ,tilt go re, iv. 44, but if only one trip ld .orked the
allowance will be Ss In cases where guards .ot keeping two
he-on are rqolr.d to work • sp del trip and are unable to
fot.uru h•dne at nicht, the aPowance will be 2.• for etch such
n..
9—The dire tire decline to make any alteration, in
I the hours of duty, nor could they sanction any chm:e in the
prraent mode of taking two weeks together in calcolating OVCI.
T„„ regulation a. vi the hours of duty will, therefore,
be /0 hoary for ronnie:g, with the addition of h tlf an hour
ore, II ho half no hgrpoatitedraiyt: arrinr
vnl, the
hb,eftuo.rseotfh°duljtyweloll."';lllt.
t
per week. Overtime (at the rate of It hours per du) for late
trai b.
ns will only p n't
dr e d
ter six hours a week have been
worked. —The &vetoes 'iodine to sanction any eatemtbm
in the regulations under wh ch the annual leave without
deductitri in Fay Is allowul • consequently the time at which
the men are to be allowed truelh leave must continue to depend
on the requirements of the service and be arranged by the
sted to be kept at the station must be regulated by .l pronent. h--The
superintendents, pewee being iven emthe super-
Inteadente according to the requirements of the traffic, as
they are the persons who are responsible to the directors for
g
the working of the line and the efficiency o/ the general
arrangements. The direct .11e desire it to be undone ad that
the regulations they have had lown are not intended to give
any man the reset to claim any particular rate of wages or
from the date ef hie previous advancement without ref. Nemo
heat an in,"•roau shall he given hem at the end of 12 months
to good fondue* and the rce ,menencatton of the . super-
rillerre the right to vel7 or alter the regulation. at onY time If
intendants, and it must he also underst 'ad that 14..
such thould appeal to them to • e necessary or dearable.—.
Your *healed eervant, ON, Truer',"
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lie could not see that they bad oained anything what-
ever. In fact, they would be worse off, because to gat
an advance of wages they would have to go to the
superintendent and get a certificate; and the super-
intendent would haul to apply to the inspectors in all