Support for in Struggle
Socialist Press1976 1976-11-03Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 5 →
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TO The prospect of a renewed struggle in defence of jobs at. the Export Packing Services factory near Banbury was recognised in an emergency resolution moved at the Conference by the Organising Committee.
"That this Conference supports the struggle in defence of jobs at Export Packing Services, Banbury, and therefore calls upon delegates to move support in their branches, and gives the Organising Committee the authority to recall the Conference in defence of EPS if so requested by the trade union movement at EPS.
In addition money over and above expenses in the collection be made available to EPS shop stewards committee if necessary.
A delegate from the 5/104 T&GWU branch at EPS gave the Conference details of the way in which the "participation' plans introduced in British Leyland were now having a direct impact on workers at EPS a Leyland contractor.
By their collaboration in the participation set-up, T&GWU officials were involved in the loss of T&GWU jobs elsewhere, with the threatened withdrawal of Leyland work from EPS into the Leyland factory at Cowley.
The emergency resolution support was passed unanimously.
The Conference also voted unanimously to donate £25 from the proceeds of the collection to the strike fund supporting five women G&MWU members on strike at the Holbrook annexe of North East London Polytechniç against working with asbestos. The women, cleaners at the annexe, have been ut for two weeks and have been picketing the annexe twelve hours a day.