A Jewish bus driver who was fired by London Transport because he refused to work on Saturdays has been rehired on the basis he could change schedules with a Christian driver who does not want to work on Sundays. After the driver was fired, Labor MP Maurice Orbach, general secretary of the Trades Advisory Council, a Jewish group that combats discrimination, met with the bus company’s personnel superintendent but got no results. He then turned to Sir Richard Way, chairman of London Transport, who made the suggestion allowing the Jewish driver to have Saturdays off.
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