Campaign for Democracy in the Labour Movement
Socialist Press1980 1980-07-02Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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STEEL AND BL STRIKES-NEW LEADEI Saturday 5 July at Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham Write to: G. Webster, 169, Barclay Rd., Warley, West to: G. Webster, 169, Barclay Rd., Warley, es From 'viability' of the company, at the expense of the viability of their members.
The attitude of the membership can berseen by the continuing struggles against the 92 page document.
At present the whole of Longbridge is closed down because of a strike by paint shop workers. They are protesting at the shortening of their breaks, in line with the 92-page document.
This is a major challenge to both the company and the union leadership.
Recently the union leaders signed a new grading procedure agreement, completely over the heads of their members. But in Cowley sections of workers are refusing to go along with this.
Assembly Plant forklift drivers went on strike for a day last week when a move was made to defeat their overtime ban, imposed against the grading.
In the Body Plant, 700 Maxi/Princess/Rover production workers are also banning overFeball AT THE NEEDED!
11.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Credentials £1 Midlands time over their grading. This latter has been so effective that shortage of bodies has been regularly affecting Solihull.
A walkout for an afternoon by 80 of these workers over the demand for the withdrawal of a written warning given to their steward four months previously was followed by a mass meeting which only voted down indefinite strike action by the narrow margin of 170-135.
Militancy All these actions show the build-up of militancy in BLwhich is bound to explode not only against the company but also against the union leadership.
In this context the fight for a democratic means of drawing up claims and pressing negotiations at national level is a vital part of the fight for a principled revolutionary leadershp in BL to defend the basic interests of the workers against the ever-increasing management onslaught.
AT LAST, I CAN LOCK UP THE FILE ON THE STEEL STRIKE...
NOW LET'S NOT GET HASTY LAD... WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER
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-FOR VIABILITY!