La four day working week without loss of pay.
Arthur Scargill has declared that the NUM should press ahead with these policies irrespective of what the TUC decides in September, In a similar vein Scargill intends to seck further support for the 11th of July day of action at he Cention massive majority.
President Joe Gormley has calmed frayed nerves in National Coal Hoard and Government circles by saying that the principle was for However a Yorkshire amend ment changes "seeks" to demands". The meaning of Scargill' omments on the TUC is that: new wage increase should start to In contradiction to tbe "12-monthbetween pay-claims rule" at prean 'orderly return to free collective bargaining.
Jones plans that the weeping abould extend well into next sted to support the TUC sruleof в тюраля реноса решара: раз Phase 3 by the bac door. If the Br mmedimely resumed. The policy Mich the TUC leaders will put to will be issued on 23 July.
Speaking to car industry deleconference Jones made it clea that the policy of the TOWU Icadership did not mean any break with the Social Contract, Thereturn to normal collective bergaining is no attack on the Social Contract nor is it any aboutturn in policy', besaid.
OPPOSITION Hat over 150 bodies of the union have put down resolutions against the Social Contract. number of branches combine this apposition with the call for subi sliding scale of wages which neans, as Branch 9/236 puts it creased monthly by one per deat or every one per cent rise in the as aaressed by NO OPPOSITION will come from the leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers to resolutions which seek an updating of the 1975 policy of £100 a week for faceworkers, with built-in compensation for inflation and JDE GORMLEY Cent being peddled by Ler THE ENG CHOCCONE OF SUCH & rule - Phase 3 bythe back door is not the only snare that awaits the The Government intends to give 49079000-10 • WEEPING may endure the night but joy cometh in the morning." Sospoke the departing prophet Jack Jones from his retreat on the isie of Man last Friday, before the start of this week's Biennial Conference of the transport workers. He was talking about the Social Contract and his policy of By RAYBURNS elected committees Br union members A left wing based on total the TG WU leaders is beginning to grow in the union. But the rigbt is IMMIGRATION Oneiastance is that out of the six motions tabied an race tom demand a halt to immigration and only one calls for the union to ganda The Standing Orders Committee of the Biennial Conference 1 notorious for cutting the ground away from under the feet of the left. I the Social Contract by the back door' gets through this wook in the Isle of Man, Jones plans to column against struggles decent wage. Sounding off against [GWU leaders would not tolerate founded claims But the immediate impact of cutting off transport workers
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vorkers through self-Snances roductivity deals. The NUM executive has already backed such deals on a local level principle.
The Inst time that productivity deals were at the centre of the well-organised ruling class wages offensive was in JACK JONES - Biblical scholar. from putting in claims to defend living standards will be the isolafor a tion of the first workers to take an and test the new policy manual public sector workers.
Jack Jones has put on a minimal left face for this conference with his policy for £50 minimum wage fora forty hour week. Hecynically prepared to trade Rally with the ability for 1974, when system has created.
* this week at the the miners for action file forces around kaders. that 'his burden is light other and health workers fantastic.
eration, has done nothing. but as far as we are 'They haven't come from the police and the BSC mere Road, London SEIS. согрогаров.
Sure remedy called -Remedy pituls. Produced tbe late sixties. The bosses wanted it off for ncreased wages. Today's crisis is pay-off from productivity deals is As Scargill put it the number of pit closures would "rise dramatic.
consequences of a from South Wales on the agenda deals sent majorty. The cal for is rejection of a piecework system in the union which the day-wage The policies that will be decided Tynemouth conference will undoubedly b But the main test for the left in can be organised (Knowe views ol majorunions] CONCITONSSTATED Icipal workers(GWU) 881,000 Shopworkere(USDAW)
agreements, shift pro eachers (NLT) rost OfficoWorkam(UPW)
136,000 it workors (NUTGW) 109,000 шов опу ватні Bank staf(NUBE) 102,000 Workers (MALGO)
Hospitalworkam (COHSEI 200,000 TOTAL IN FAVOUR 3.am AGAINST ngineers (AUE) 1,400,00 Managerialstalla ASTMS)
Civilservanta (SCPS P.D. Engineers (POEU;
TOTALAGAINST 2.8m petricians/ EEPTI 130,000 SWEARINU Transport workers (TGWU)
Miners(NUMI TOTAL 2.5m
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