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(UK, rail transport) A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman..
The circular attacks the policy of ASLEF, the principal footplatemen's union, for its opposition to pay differentials between main-line drivers and other footplate men, claiming that it destroys ambition and enterprise.
Footplatemen, organised not by the NUR but by ASLEF, had threatened to strike in August 1917 in demand of an eight-hour day.
Use footplate man when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Footplate man means (UK, rail transport) A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman..
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The circular attacks the policy of ASLEF, the principal footplatemen's union, for its opposition to pay differentials between main-line drivers and other footplate men, claiming that it destroys ambition and enterprise.
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