Fords: code
Socialist Press1981 1981-05-28Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 7 →
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defea Ford workers return to work tomorrow after successfully forcing the company to withdraw its savage disciplinary code.
The walkout by 10,000 workers at the Halewood plant brought production to a halt throughout the British operation, after four workers were penalised for failing to keep up to an impossible work schedule.
The stoppage took place around demands for the dropping of the code which was imposed without union agreement.
Management began to retreat, arguing that the code could be lifted if union officials would police unofficial strikes.
Publicly, the formula for the return. to work is that union leaders agreed to "honour existing agreements" over the handling of disputes.
It remains to be. seen whether there are any unseen "strings" and secret deals with the employers that might transform this apparent victory into a new setback for Ford workers.
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