Union last Confederation of Unionsfor 20and 21 March.
It was only a matter of time before this strike too was The employers had previously spreed that the mummum rale for skilled workers should be Increased to E57 now and 260 in August. The sticking point bad been their insistence that these could implemented in cases where thin more than 10 per cent.
When the bosses agroed on Monday. IT BICEUCE increase in full subject approval, unions immediately responded by calling off the strike.
This settlement, if approved, would give substantial creases to several thousand low nine Transport General Workers" Union militants from Cowley contnuc, lightback agasst the threat democracy in the union begins, reports PAT HICKEY.
We are on the same side of the fenoe! This was OCHO IC UI LaErCL Tast week's AUBERT Times mugsbots of Jack Jones, Hugh Scanlon and director Michael Edwards to illustrate their joint STEELAIL It may be something of a surprise lo Speke workers Io know that *the. BY 27 VOTES to 24, the national committee of the week ratified abandonment of the national engineers' pay claim. reports JOHN GRAHAM. The crucial vole came on a proposal from Broad Leff delegates opposing any settlement with the employers without demands for a 35-hour week and longer holidays being met in full.
In its place, all that was passed was a resolutiion supporting the proposed two-day strike called by the Shipbuilding and Engineering paid workers expense of creating divisions inside the unions.
By backing down o0 the onemal denian coda zn weekly minimum wage and a reduction io tie workins week.
Scanlon and his new right-wing cronics STAVO beneficiaries of the national claim to the very worst paid.
The majority of engineering workers already more than agrocd minimum to average basic rate for skilled the workers is presently 066 a weck.
These rates have been secured through local wage claims on top of national settlements. But Scanlon's insistence that the new natia dea is comparinis and with the I0 per cent pay limit the will leave any local claim in excess of thir limit oul on a limb.
What's mone, the new den! scepts that the 12-mooth ru ill be applied. so increnses wa come into effect at dittereni times in different arcas a year after their last settlement.
Scanlon and his friends have only gor away with such gross manolevres so far, because — fine speeches and special issues - but at the of the Engineering the officials have contined che light around the claims to the quiet rooms of the exocutive counci and the national committee.
While it would be an obvious restricted the advantage if a left-dominated National SOrTIEEC Executive could he achieved. the key receive far "moderates lies 11S0T31 mohstion br lhe rank and rale; the file independently of the union macHu It is the fallures of the Broa Left leadership on this secon which incapable of effective campaing apaiast the retreat to secure the tuil claim.
STAELEL Broad Lelt and cocteang in leave tiem leading an Pickets outside the Spoke No 2 plant ad ISA. Rover A Defence Committee to fight the proposed ciosure of British Leyland's Speke number 2 plant on Merseyside was set up week, MARK TURNBULL reports.
Ata meeting organised by an boc combLittee supporters of the IMG, WSL Big Flame SWP and Solihel! shop steward Par Hickey said the closure was the beginning for Leyland'y sapremo Michael Edwardes ALL JOBS The ficht must be to defend all jobs on principle. argued Hickey. This could he done by declaring # date For occupation of the factory tor six to mine weeks time which WoLd Pronacc 0835 100 3 lightback throughout Leyland and in the Mersesside labour movement, Leyland workers could produce their own plan production to counter Ed. wardes' job losses and closure: proposals. and demand shorter working week to keep cvery job, At Rover Solihull there l a waiting of ycar to
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