Ford worker victimised | IMGpapers 1976

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official to LEIU and body plant 'This afternoon blacking of mail over sabotaged the BSE QUCEANGRY REACTION ACAS.

The Socialist among Dagenham.

The decision 1o OWNED UP abd and assembly plan stewards were sacked"

JONATHAN SIBER- The workers"

which ON 4 January the managemen: -cused. of Ford Dagenhan slampine issued a company bulletin, It stated an employco was aavisen that he was lo bo dismissed and diet strike'. underbody and urinated in an The worker in question is Tom Birmingham, a General and Municipal Workers Union Shopsteward, and a member of Workers Party The attempes by management to sulcar and sack Birmingham have raised an angry reaction shop stewards in departmenr's shop committee's bulletin has ac cosed the company of coving "towards the same situation as 1962 when in the paint, tom 17 shop Danger at the attempted sacking is well founded. Another worker has already admitted doing the damsee to the underhody ol Birmingham was ac Topping.

Transport and General Workers" Cnion shop steward told Socialist Chullenge, "I will be caling for total support 1o1 brother Biringhai and for the unions to call an official

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Socialist Challenge Socialist Challenge SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 12 January 1978 page 7