PO engineers' claim tured down Battling on

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THE BATTLE for the 35-hour week has taken a new turn with the findings of the McCarthy report on the Past Office engineers" claim. The report, which has Government backing, turns down the claim.

While the leadership of the Post Office Engineering Union vacillate, the action beginning to bite hard. STEVE POTTER explains why the report's findings have to be rejected, and why DUCALLS instead The settlement героп pay policy, the engineers coach Plase 4.

entlement redundancies.

INES OF of their members is On [367m in 1977), this will b Bre productivity deals = that is. from POEU members pay decimated The Government and Pos Office are delighted by the both backed it immediately. The Government has been concerned from the beginning that any success for would drive a and horses through the Post Office, the action.

McCarthy's

terms would mean a green light the screws on to carry out revisions of work support from practices that would soften up trade union the union for the planned campaien week has put forward the cop-but o accepting the 37% hour woek date for the 35 hour weel Webb went on to say that he wanted the industrial aCtiOn ended as soon as possible. This at a time when the campasgn is just starting to bite!

the exchanges alone the Post Office are being hit to the tune of E55-60,000 per day. The City screaming that exchange and currency dealings will be For every worker sent home for carrying out union policy, strike, and have instituted carrled on with the overtime ban which was ended by the union leadership last week as part of the attempt to tun down The way forwand is to keer and appeal for the tact at the movement in the 35-hour STALINGO week without loss of pay or productivity deal strings.

The lobby of the TUC on 6 September can be a platform HOR BEL BCDOS CURI their case to the rest of the trade Huddersfield fir POST Office management thought they had picked on a weak link in the anion when they tried to send home two random in the ares, UNLE MELVYN HOLDSWORTH CHOOSE TRADERS But we decided to step up the ben with lightning selective disruption as well as refusing to do the two men's work and instituting the work-to-rule In addition a one du: stoppage was supported throughout the whole Bradfor Socialist Chullenge 10 August 1978 Page 3