Transport - Threat to canals
WORKERS, NOV 2006 ISSUE
The government has cut £9.1 million from the budget of British Waterways, the public corporation responsible for Britain's 2200 miles of navigable canals and rivers.
British Waterways has now threatened to sack 180 workers, which would probably force some of our canals to close. Unison, which has around 1,000 members at British Waterways, has called an emergency meeting of stewards to draw up plans to fight the cuts.