Ayr picket fined
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days to go to the end of May we are £600 short of our monthly target of We know it is hard when we are raising an ambitious £2,500 Special Fund not to forget the regular fund but it is nonetheless essential that this So we must give the monthly fund an immediate Rush your contribution immediately to:
In Elgin District Court on Tuesday last, Sheriff P.B. Smith imposed fines of £100 each on pickets involved in an industrial dispute at Ayrshire Marine Constructors at Hunterston in December of last year.
The fines were levied under the charges of breach of the peace for blocking a private access road to the yard.
Although recognising that no-one was physically prevented from going to work, Sheriff Smith described the presence of the pickets "potentially alarming". • Another 43 still await sentence.
Dominic Sullivan, former shop steward on the site said "This decision has far reaching implications for the trade union movement and we will be looking for their support to continue the fight."
Published by Folrose Ltd for the Worke Fund With only ten miles behind on ve ve got .. nearl €850!
money is raised as well. boost to put us back on target.
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