ringineers conference right-wing GIVE THEM drivers also CLLETINOFTI •THE COMBINE" 'moderates' union Hence make provided democracy, branches, ment officials. The deciding action: ¡ommittee, the Draftex women ling them from will hopefully nominate candi- workers.
amongst It was through the strike came into collate with the problems of organising after the shopfloor had made Whilst union Ine procedures are and often the put it:
vital for effective organisation.
Redundancy and pay cuts scheme facing many probichl. women workers in Coventry.
women in organising to make _the union serve their interests compensate can be an inspiration to others.
WHITE COLLAR workers at the engineering firm of Crane their fifth week of strike action branch |to prevent management divid-, Royton, Oldham. "The decision will disappoint the government'. That was how the Financial Times reported the decision of the Post Office Union (POEU) throw LCDS LULU duce postal ballots.
Thatcher's government
postal ballots become standard practice in the It wouid have been a great boost to them if the in an important like the POEU could have won voluntary acceptance of these measures resolutions before the conten- four different tried to impose postal ballóts as the means of deciding on industrial action. They were all soundly defeated.
The conference went on to rule changes which for more direct through POEU and greater involvemembership in on pay claims and shop floor A new bonus scheme for the mainly women office workers is calculated according to productivity on the shopfloor that they only start benefiting | £18. This scheme also works in complicated reverse. As one union member 'We can be working harder in the office and have our wages. cut . To get rid of this divisive the 130 members TASS, the white collar section of the engineering union, have put in a claim for a 25 per cent increase basic pay for inflation When the employers offered 13 per cent the strike started.
Twenty-four hour pickets have successfully closed the plant, but management resist- . lance is stubborn. With the employers on the the Manchester area, and 4,500 redundancies over the months, solidarity needs to be built across the district. Support and Alan Clarke. chairperson, Crane Fruehauf, 35 Patterdale Close,
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