An appeal to readers of The Week.
Dear Reader,
You are receiving (with this issue of The Week) a copy of "NO BUS TODAY", the strike pamphlet of the East Yorkshire busmen in Hull. It has been prepared by members of the Hull Workers’ Solidarity Committee and officers and strikers of the union in Hull. It provides valuable information on the whole background of the busmen's situation, and of the monopoly structure of the industry. A special print of 1000 extra copies has been provided, to bring this to the readership of The Week. This has cost money: we need not only to cover the cost, but to raise more money for the strikers. They are in their second month on strike: the union's official strike pay is £4 a week. These men and women face real hardship in a cause which is national in its implications - against a huge monopoly, and against the wage freeze. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY - in payment for your pamphlet, and to help the busmen. If every reader sends 5/- to the strike fund, we should have enough for 15/- extra strike pay next week.
The second thing we would ask is that you get in touch with busmen in your locality, and lend them your copy. The union is appealing nationally for support, to busmen up and down the country: it would greatly help if the busmen could read this case.
The third thing is to obtain further orders for the pamphlet from you, your friends, from busmen and other trade unionists.
Finally, readers should consider the example of trade union-labour movement co-operation achieved in this case through the Hull Workers' Solidarity Committee, and ask whether a similar organisation is not possible in their own locality.
Send donations, and orders for further copies, to:-
Hull Busmen's Strike Committee,
Bevin House, George Street, Hull.
Many thanks,
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