Saturday, Centre, Oxford.
Conference open to all T&G members Conference details from: P. Cullen, 23 Overmica Green, Blackbird Leys, Oxford table to the ENCELLYCH tbe Cowley officials be first present, Any emerging from its task, organise the tight officials subject to cloction to defend the Cowley HE FOR becked by the Scollish Trade Union Congress.
the membership Policy making must cease to be sole property of the and conference and decisions carried out by the -not flouted an ar Гастоту. defence committee the DErand conference should, as part of consider such questions. But the first job is mem bers. The fight has just begun ment the DICK DAY and PAT KANE Support in the Mather and Plant works had dwindled due to the lack of backing from the union leadership in the plant strike-breaking from the bosses. The strikers followed the picket with a taken accupation of part of the but despie these efforts there was little respanse trom the workers in the plant. TEMPTATIONS The oil companies hase been able to prevent the develop shop steward organisation on the ries in the past by the simple expedient of shipping troublesome workers Back to shore and bringing in a rew team of workers. temptation of high salaries anu the problem of high unemploy ment has made it easy for the contractues to recruit scabs But by refusing to go away.
Mather and Platt cieticians have become a test case for the future of trade umorism in the North Sea. Their action in picketing Aberdeen Airport, the normat wanst point for flights to the rips, has forced the oil companies to find alternative arrangements.
So far only 12 scabs have been taken out to the Brent and Dunlin rigs, where the clectricians were working. And they | King. Street, Aberdeen had to be flown was from Ginsgow via Bergen in Norway Strike support commilices inal existin No way CHIS contacted to build solidarity action.
SUPPORT Ine absence of real support hom the BETPU (as the strike goes into its eighth week it is still unucficinty leaves it op to the rank and file trade unionist to make the suke a succes Trade - 17 InL ail industry. and distri to throw their weight beind the trike.
Support committees have been ser up in Manchester and Aberdeen can contacted at- 12 Moorland, Jarrow. Тупе •and Wear, Tel: Baldon C/0 Boomtown Bookshop,
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Conley Community Centre, Oxford & April, 1pm, at Cowiey Community
RETIREMENT INDEE DUNDEE: 5000 workers responded to the call for a 2 hour strike against unemployment which is currently running at over 9 pe cent. The protest was organised by Dundee Trades Council and
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who have been on strike for two months. stepped up their action last week when they gathered to picket their employers' headquarters in Manchester, report