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RS of 30,000 manual workers employed by the National gh Corporation have submitted a claim for pay parity with orkers in the private sector of the industry that could ay Code busting rises of 15 per cent or more.
id this week an NFC spokesman told CM that the corpora11 be contesting the claim under Schedule 11 of the ent Protection Act.
claim has been submitted by the Transport and General rs Union and a secondary claim has been submitted by tional Union of Railwaymen which covers many workers National Carriers sector of the Corporation and Freighbut this is soon due to revert to British Rail.
though that the claim will provide an explosive challenge Government pay policy especially as Prime Minister Callaghan has already told the NUR annual conference wants to see rises of much less than the 10 per cent norm year, ii claim is to be heard by the Central Arbitration Committee certain to be watched by workers in other public sector IS ries and it could be the catalyst to spring a chain reaction 'ins in other industries.