Unions must act 1 defend London Transport!

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In addition the Underground will start half an hour later - at 6am - and close half an hour earlier, at midnight.

Underground sections under threat include: the Central . Line between Epping and Ongar; the East London Metropolitan line from Whitechapel to Shoreditch (and possibly the Whitechapel to New Cross line); the Piccadilly peak-hour service between Holborn and Aldwych; Regent's Park and Edgware Road on the Bakerloo line; and Fairlop on the Central GLC councillor Valerie Wise spoke to Socialist Organiser:

IT IS obvious that the decision of the Law Lords over the 'Fares Fair' policy is simply outrageous. Above all it is dangerous in that it puts democracy in London under threat.

It seems that the decision of five men is more weighty than the express democratic choice of the London electorate.

We have to mount an enormous campaign to force the government to introduce legislation allowing the right to local goverament to subsidise essential publie services like transport.

The GLC is mounting a campaign of its own with as much press publicity as possible. We will be leafletting on the cheap fares, and putting posters and adverts all over London buses and tubes.

However, personally I think that the GLC must not rely simply on its own devices. Unity with other bodies, above all unions, the Labour Parties, and community groups, essential.

In particular I also think that the present fightback against the fare increases must have an orientation to women.

In families with only one car [the case with most working-class car owners] it will invariably be the man who will have first use of it _ and women, due to the increased cost and deteriorating service, will find themselves spending more and more time doing basic chores such as shopping and taking their kids to