In an article entitled: "Savage Sentences", the April 15th issue of Railway Review has this to say about a recent trial of Yugoslav railwaymen: "Without knowing the full facts about the Yugoslav train crash in which 31 people died, sentences passed on four railwaymen held responsible seem utterly savages Sentences ranged from two to twelve years! imprisonment. They had been found guilty of manslaughter. "Even if they had deliberately sabotaged the railway these sentences would have been understandable. Apparently, they were not even accused of that. The trouble is, how to protect workers from savage sentences such as these when trade unionism is not independent as it is not in that countrye "Before British railwaymen organised themselves into unions, and even after, railwaymen were liable to be hauled before the courts for careless= ness .,or worse and charged with manslaughter, Indeed, it was to protect men from this unfairness that the unions were formed and were supported, even by many in the middle classes, "Railway managements could almost get away with virtual murder, before the unions were formed, and could act freely."
The WeekThe Week Vol. 5, No. 16, c. 21 April 1966
Railway Review Criticises Yugoslav Sentences
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