At its Nov. meeting , the exccutive committcc of the Associated Society of Locomotive }ngineers and Firemen has instructed . its Dundee branch to withdraw a circular proposing that the Society should open talks with the National Union of Railwaymen and other unions in the industry with a vicw to forming one British rail union. When the decision to hold an enquiry into the structure of British Trade unions was taken at the T.U.C. in Sept., A.S.L.E.F. was the only body to oppose the move. An. N.U.R. spokesman said that the union had always beon in favour of there being only one union in the industry and any approach from A.S.L.E.F. would be looked at'with great interest’.
International Bulletin / The BulletinInternational Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 49, 3 December 1962
A.s.l.b.f. Executive Clamps Down on Move for Rail Unity
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