APEX iobs fight
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The union which sat back and allowed the Grunwick strike go to isolation and defeat has taken a firm stand in defence of jobs!
But of course things aren't exactly what they seem.
There are certainly some tub-thumping and • militant speeches emanating from the unlikely vocal cords of Ray Grantham, General Secretary of the white collar union, APEX.
But the jobs he is defending are not in industry or the public sector: they are the well-paid jobs of full-time officials in the civil servicé union the CPSA, all of whom are APEX members!
What has rattled the cage of Grantham and his bureaucratic membership?
Re-election They are up in arms at the fact that no less than 31 motions on the agenda of the CPSA conference call for full time officials to be subjected to regular re-election.
Any hint of such accountability is of course anathema ... BLOODY TYPICAL:
WON'T USE BRITISH MADE MANAGERS..
NEXT THING YOU KNOW THERETL BE JAPANESE MANAGERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! C'MON COMRADES, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN LEYLAND atss RT EK Grantham both to the CPSA officials and to Grantham, who is one of the foremost opponents of democratic reforms in the Labour But there should be no complacency among CPSA bureaucrats. When an extreme. right winger declares 'We shall detend our members by whatever method is appropriatencluding industrial action if necessary" it is time to start looking for the forthcoming sell-out!
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GET BACK TO WORK!C STRIKE NO SPi FAIR POINT-IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO MANAGE WITHOUT YOU LOT! THEY SAY MACGREGOR WILL SALVAGE STEEL JORS...
THE 'MORNING STAR' HAS CERTAINLY HELPED TO SALVAGE MINE... $5,000 ALRIGHT?