[Workers at the BLMC Cowley Body Plant, like…]
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Workers at the BLMC Cowley Body Plant, like many other workers, accepted rises of 12% in the annual Wage Review in February.
At the time one of the factors in securing acceptance, as well as the threat to jobs, was the statement at a mass meeting of production workers, by the T&GWU official that if the cost of living rose by more than 10% from December he would go back to management and I demand more.
Of course this increase in the cost of living has taken place and the WSL locally has been concentrating on this statement in all the for a sliding scale of wages clause to be included in the review, and that this should now be fought for.
The T&GWU stewards decided on Wednesday 18th June to put in the claim. This was then taken to the works committee and all unions agreed to go along with the claim. On Friday 20th June the works committee met the management who refused to make any offer. The union officails have now been called in.
COVENTRY The Chrysler car company continuing their hard line making 20,000 workers idle -unless the 350 strikers agree to take their dispute to arbitration without preconditions.
The Chrysler company therefore would rather. see their whole British production stopped, than concede this money.