Government offer to FBU Pie in the sky when you die

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disorlal 01-349 8180/9. Olstribution 01-389 830 Advertising 01-358 8371. THE FIRST REACTION to HIGHEELAYCLE DELTAR be striking trefighters was on if decisive rejection. The offe reflected the Labour Govern determinn son to stic to the 10 per cent norm. It proposed a len per cent increase now. another ten percent in 1978 and the promise of parit with higher paid industria workers in 1979 I Senes strings were attached. The previous promise 48 to 42 - in twelve months acceptance of more cost in other words, a productivity deal. Even more brazen is that the offer represents direct FBU by the employers The FBU must 'undertake that there will be no recrimination and no discriminatory action against individuals or groups arising from the industrial action...

This amounts to a scabs charter, If the PHU sign it, the Tea union members who have scabbed, or chose who have left the union over the strike will get OSCUE TEE.

Across the country FBU offer: in Liverpoo/ 6,000 demonstrated in support of the FBU claim on 9 December Dockers, building workers, eur workers and bus workers and others marched with Manchester and Liverpool branches of the FBU. When the • Ercigaleis were asked was! they thoughr of the latest offer an carsplitting shout of rubbish DC ACI 5,000 marched in Glasgow and there again speakers on the platform denounced the Government's offer. On the same day 1,000 took part in a demonstration in Newcastie at which Bill Giffin, Cleveland regiona: FBU organiser spoke. He attacked the local press for saying rank and file FBU members were in favour of the proposed settlement. Another speaker, Jum Sillars, Scottish Labour Party MP, described the Coverament as thie first Tory Labour Goveromene".

Also on Saturday at a 100 strong meeting in Merthor, South Wales tbe local secretary of the FBU, Bill Rees, said, 'show me a shop where we Can socad promises and well go back tomorrow.

A number of national leaders of the FBU also stated their opposition on the weekend of 10/11 December. ASSISEATH general secretary Dick Foggie commented on Saturday: 11's an insult to ask us to do more work when we are not going to get paid for it, while we have to WADE TO YCOTS TO CET OBE OUCE Other prominent members of the FRUF are mitine ine poin that the best answer ta the Governments oller is for tbo strikers to go on the offensive. As action union secretary for Merseyside, David Day said,