party TWO feminists buying house to raise children need only Did for the next 6 to 9 mths. E5 London area. Write to : 100, c/o Socialist Challenge, Box Secretary, ( Liverpool strike committee *AFTER months members are still strong, but is NALGO?' The question is asked by the local government union's own standing conference of strike committees, in a leaflet sent to all delegates who will be attending government group meeting on 26 January.
The meeting will discuss the social workers' strike for pay regrading and local tions, NALUU branches.
The NALGO leaders hope to persuade accept offer our virtually the same as the one overwhelmingly rejected last November. workers' Their latest report, issued Friday, fairly insignificant changes in the employers' offer; but the local leadership appears to be hoping that they will what they seem to be suggesting is a victory over the 5 per cent pay policy. negotia- But until the last few weeks which now involves 19 social worKers to which is cent limit couldn't apply.
settlement on the includes a few sides suddenly I win support on ment ruling doesn't apply after all. the pay policy has not even been an issue in the dispute. It had been assumed that, as the claim was for regrading, the 5 per Then, about six weeks ago, the employers started to say policy Wal involved, and that it prevented this demand.
regrading 15S Now, at the last minute, both have 'revealed' a govern- are that the policy national deal So what seemed apparent at the beginning of the dispute 1s now portrayed as a 'victory' by Other the union leadership!
Meanwhile, no headway at all has been made on the central question of local negotiations, and the suspicion is that the issue of pay policy was raised and then unraised as a way of camouflaging the dropping of As an alternative to what would, in reality, be a defeat for the social workers, striking branches and their supporters calling for immediate withdrawal from talks on a - a strategy which would re-emphasise the claim for local negotiations.
suggested tactics control through representation on the official strike operations committee, the escalation of strike action, and a levy of the membership to finance the strike. **Lobby NALGO meeting at Central Hall, Westminster, Friday 26 January, 8.30am onwards.
WORKERS at the Oxygen Corporation's Hackdepot have won their struggle against the suspension and General Workers Union convenor John wash anative omer workers The six were suspended after Hackney workers had refused to work on iced-up lorries on safety grounds. Now, week strike. management has caved in and lifted the suspensions.
The six are to be reinstated and those who walked out with them are to be paid for the time of the suspensions. Work has been resumed on the basis of negotiations in 28 days on payment of all wages lost in the SUFIKE
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