A retreat on wage claim | IMGpapers 1976

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the January edition of the AUEW Journal, little ditty was quoted under "thought month": *Think truly and thoughts Shall the world's famine feed.

Speak truly and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed.* The message apparently, was old things like wage rises to this Urcas soes Eroa buper market shelves, good thoughts SDL DOIES WUHS SIC STAMCT lotul empty beilles.

thy articie John Boyd did indeed speak honest words: "Toask fon E70 Skilled.. is not the extravagent claim which the Pressand Radio раня осие провать 'It represents an ipcrease in wage cosis of only 7.9 per these minimum and be justified.

But three weeks agp these 'honest words" produce the promised "fruitful seat ted Bed ce e Scanion of Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engincering for ditched the original claim of E70 and replaced it with one of 660, The original AUEW cleim bad also demanded a 35 hour week witbout loss of pay. The Confederation reducedthattoa claim to be implemented over a Wing Hayd failed his article on the claim.

Employers

reduced claim.

rank which was predictable considerhad even mentioned the 35 bour week in For its part the Engineering Federation have upped theit offer to E57 and a meeting of the Confederation CAECULLLUNJEUELKL York decided to try and close the gap between this offer and the locally The claim has been rewritten witbour any consultation watb an0 fibe: The limit.

November National Committee called for a recall National Committee and special shop stewards quarterly in sli districts immedhately afler the reply to consider action. No such district snop stewards meetings were beld.

Themos danteerogsasno O the emplovers" offer is thar it is made on condition that further DOLL negotiated increases above the minimum ume rate must not push increases above the Covernment's 10 per cent The traditional opposition in the AUEW, the Broad Left appeared too concerned abour the coming election for the president AUEW 10 mobilise the rank and lle against the retreat from the E70 minimum. With their candidate Bob Wright velling for the moderile vore the messag seers to be — don't rock the But by inself, Bob Wright sittioe in the presidential chair will no more maintain the standard of living of engineers than WElL Boyd's *Thoughrs for the month.

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LEFT-WING newspapers only Socialist Challenge comparison to the original SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 2 March 1978 page 6