10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTPLATEMEN»
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footplatemen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
footplatemen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forward!: The Revolution in the Lives of the
Footplatemen, ...
Takes a look at developments in the engine driver's skills and technology over the last 35 years, using first hand accounts and contemporary photographs, including record breaking speed attempts, intercompany rivalry, the growth of diesel, ...
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
'The advent of diesel trains meant that many thousands of footplatemen required
training in the [new] forms of traction. Many of the tutors were drivers from the
ranks of footplatemen who offered to pass their knowledge on. Because the tutors
...
3
Community and Occupation: An Exploration of Work/Leisure ...
Discrepancy between hope, expectation and reality is particularly acute for
footplatemen. Technological changes have been most significant for the
footplatemen, bringing with them changes in work relationships and activities,
and changes in ...
4
The Faringdon Branch and Uffington Station
... footplatemen – to their 1914 rates of pay. In 1919, the cost of living was at least
double what it was in 1914. Footplatemen's wages were to be increased in the
hope they would not support a strike by the rest of railwaymen. A total of 94 per ...
5
Psycho-analysis and Contemporary Thought
The payment differential between the footplatemen and the porters had lessened
— the payment gap had closed. And so it was argued that the footplatemen had
been losing. But there was no evidence considered as THE CURRENT ...
John Derg Sutherland,
1958
Colour vision and heat STUDIES of the colour perception of ^ locomotive
footplatemen in Hungary indicate that firemen show more tendency to colour
blindness than drivers, and that this is the result of strong heat. According to L. G.
Hor- vath, ...
7
Standard English in the United States and England
An analogous example in BE is the word footplatemen, which designates a
certain category of railroad workers (locomotive engineers and firemen). The
locomotive union has about 70,000 footplatemen. (Evans) In AE this generic
concept has ...
Aleksandr Davidovich Shveĭt︠s︡er,
1978
8
Time innovations and the deployment of manpower: attitudes ...
Case study 4: Flexible rostering - A study on the railways In December 1918, the
unions and the employers on the railways reached an agreement that an eight-
hour day for footplatemen would be introduced from 1 February 1919. The main ...
9
The Role of British Rail in Public Transport: Appendices
8. In the following pages we present some of the information we have received
and researched in the last eighteen months. It has been grouped into the
following categories: — Employment of footplatemen Employment of guards
Employment ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Nationalised Industries,
1973
10
The Restrictive Society: A Report on Restrictive Practices
The next Inquiry resulted in a report in September 1965,1 which arose during the
unions' negotiations for productivity payments for all footplate staff : 'Between
1957 and 1964, the ratio of loaded train miles to numbers of footplatemen ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOTPLATEMEN»
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footplatemen is used in the context of the following news items.
Bygones: Ex-footplateman John Weston recalls fear of being …
That strike of footplatemen was to gain trade union recognition after many years of trying. But now he was to be our great war hero. To him, his ... «Derby Telegraph, Jan 15»
The age of steam is back with heritage lines all over the country
Waving back at lineside spectators on this hot summer's morning, I realise why footplatemen lean out of the cab. They're not posing for the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Aug 13»
Cooler Earth: The Ice Age is coming... don't panic!
... a nationwide strike ballot in support of demands for a 30 per cent pay rise, the reintroduction of footplatemen and an end to flexible rostering. «Daily Mail, Jun 11»