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ofishall To any outside observer it might appear that after 18 weeks on £6 a week strike pay, the marathon strike for union recognition at Garners Steak Houses has taken its toll of the original 84 strikers.

But developments within the scab firm, and the weakened position of the TGWU bureaucracy in relation to the strikers shows that all sides are being ground down by this war of attrition.

Picket lines outside the restaurants are being maintained each day, and a new picket of suppliers at Wardour Street has been imposed. Regular supporters are now attending from Wandsworth and Southwark Trades Councils.

The strength of the action and the size of the solidarity march on May 20 has clearly aroused doubts YOUR AT THE among the scabs, who see the prospect of picketing continuing to hit custom and slash their income.

Main ally of harassed employer Margolis have been the contingents of police who have gone as far as demanding supporters show union. cards before allowing them to join picket lines. The solidarity march was accompanied by two lines of police from four divisions.

Police efforts to restrict the size of picket lines have been assisted by those of TGWU officials Ron Todd and George Abrahams.

Abrahams, announcing that the response to the strikers' demand for £36 per week strike pay had been a miserable once-off hand-out declared at a mass meeting on May 21 that there would be "no more interference from outsiders".

He also announced he would take personal charge of strike pay and that the union will find a new strike HQ-presumably as far from Abrahams as possible!

The failure of these officials and their allies to make good any of the promises extracted from them by the strike committee places them in an extremely weak position.

It is urgent that the recall conference in support of the Garners strike-to be held on June 22 at Transport House, Smith Square, London-be made the arena for the complete exposure of these betrayals and for a renewed fight for full-scale blacking of Garners, TGWU mass pickets and £36 a week strike pay financed by a Regional levy.

More information about the recall conference can be obtained from. the •strike committee ạt 12/13 Henrietta Street, Telephone 240-1056.

SINCE WEVE APPLIED FOR RECOGNITION OF INCREASE AND THE RESPONSISILITIES OF FOOTPLATEMEN-WEN BUT SHALLY-SHALLYING FROM EMPLOYERS→ PRESS CONFERENCE WE'LL HAVE NO MORE

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