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They "have basked in the, any worker who dares to fight After much publicised threats that he would place the firm in voluntary liquidation, it seems that Selected Toys Limited boss Young has had second thoughts.

A statement in last week's Oxford Mail by his accountants declared that Young had declared only "his intention of going into liquidation" , and that they had not been appointed to take any action on the matter.

Recognition

The strikers, however, who are demanding union recogniion; reinstatement of five rictimised union members, and ncreased wages at the Didcot actory, have shown no signs of iquidating their picket lines. sunshine outside the small dartboard factory-to the obvious annoyance of Young and his son-in-law John Carlton, and the embarassment of local union officials.

Law on his side Carlton emerged las Monday and threw water ovel the pickets in a vain effort te force them off the grass.

He then called a police sergeant, who, after hearing the Slave labour wages anc conditions that have promptec the unionisation struggle, pro cliamed that "the law Young's side"

Local employers have also been showing their solidarity with Young, by blacklisting STL strikers-raising the threat of lona-term unemninument for Doni fund sh. Grimes, Didcot. their vicious exploitation.

Meanwhile TGWU official Phil Eynan continues his wretched search for "solutions" through ACAS or industrial tribunals, lifting not a finger to mobilise the full weight of the TGWU in support of the strikers.

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