across-the-board offered...precisely nothing.
Asa cover-up, Leyland's boss Michael Edwardes has introducing discussion panity This highly contentious OTODOSC that accept the proposed ve tade corporale structure.
redundancy-creating DIOQUCIVILY SOUCIICS the plant previously outlined in providing the whole scheme is self-financing by "improved efficiency".
FRAUD This is not an offer, it is a raffleticket. And not only has it a high price and long odds, but the draw doesn't take place until November 1979, and if you win you have to buy your own prize!
ine whoie ining is a trauc intended to diver made their position on pay abundantly clear, reports In answer to their workers' annual claim of a £27 inflation-protected increase, 35-hour week, and other benefits, the company has Edwardes conveniently forgets the company-engineered ballot last year, which stressed that the reviews now due conducico on a plant basis.
What it hides is that, in terms the offering nothing!
and CONFUSION the In some plants this confusion has worked, often with the Inreturn, British Leyland will encouragement of union offi"give' parity in November next cials. There are plants where the claim — agreed by the combine committee — has not even been submitted.
In others, no information -worse still, intormalon the stewards membership.
But the parity completely knocked on the head at last Friday'stop level meeting when British Leyland refused to consider bringing forward the IT TOOK 3,200 British Oxygen workers just four weeks the dismay of the union officials BOTESCHL.
Now these officials cannot wriggle off the hook and the literally threadbare Leyland offer cannot be covered up Cowley stewards have seen through the contrick. Last Thursday's mass meenng carrica (win only a handful against) a resolution to Live une comany seven cays o should be put cash on the table in answer to une clani This kind of well prepared action provides an Leyland the obstinacy and the filibustering of union officialdom. group determined to see action on a company-wide 'Leyland Stewards Committee for the Annual Review', meeting regularly to gandise and push for a fight over the review.
APTLY confusing has been given One of their leaflets aptly and the sums up the situation: 'Get the fraud was backing Fords did it: so can we For further details write to:
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assembly plant effective company's of stewards basis, the propafull of the membership astms UNION OF SALARIA