from the National Society of Operative The past seven months have been one of almost Consid struggle lo improve wages and workue condIons firm redundancies and then refused to pay the workers for four days when they were illegally suspended at the beginning of On 10 October the chapel withdrew its labour.
Usher Walker supplies Fleet Street with 30 per cent of its ink Line Sun, Mal.
Telegraph. Times, Financial Times and News of the World. Union action could quickly havemade thestrike bite. OPPOSITE But the opposite happened Senior NATSOPA officials issued temporary NATSOPA cards to two members of the United Road Transport Union on 20 October so that they could deliver news ink to Fleet Street. They also instructed Fleet Street members to accept delivery of this scab ink.
Meanwhile Manchester NATSOPA entered oTnicas into an agreement to allow Usher Walker's Heywood plant EIGHT print workers at the East London factory of Usher Walker Limited weresacked by management last week - on the instructions of their own union officials to engage in extra production for the delivery of ink to its southern customers. The price:
extra £10 per week worker.
NATSOPA then set to work on disciplinary when the Üsher Walker strikers refused three times to réturn to work.
Temporary card holders had their cards withdrawn, probatlonary members were expelled and the remaining NATSOPA member summoned to resa disciplinary hearings.
On the morning of these. eight strikers received letters sacking mnem on tne spot tor being members NATSOPA. Others arrived at the 7 November hearing to find une ceune lace surrounded by the police.
But all is not gloom. British Oxygen workers at the Hackney depot have relused to suppiv gases to the firm and are trying to get the Manchester depot to follow suit.
Picketing at the Manchester plant was renewed this week, and Hackney Trades Council will be urged to adopt the strike on Thursday Printers, USH per proceedings of discreetly Resolutions of donations should be rushed to:
Jim Burton FOC, c/o Student Union office, House, Poly, Livingstone Usher-Walker demo in Fleet Street earlier this week support and Stratford, London Livingstone North East London Lane, E15. 7.45am-4pm. Road, called Images Two written IHCIMSCIVCS club The Callc Rule
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Graphical and Media Personnel [NATSOPA]. MICK DRAKE reports.
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