Hull NUR Strike
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NUR members in Hull held a one-day strike on March 15th in protest at the planned closure of British Rail links to Hull docks.
The closure will mean the loss of about 150 jobs and the local branches are urging the NUR leadership to organise some form of national action against the closures.
Meanwhile, the threatened 450 redundancies at Hawker Siddeley Aviation of Brough near Hull have been given a temporary reprieve.
This has come about because the company will be nationalised at the end of April in line with the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Bill.
However, it would be wrong to and jobs lost.
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It was clear, however, that there was considerable feeling in sections of the meeting that these actions would not stop the cuts.
Some members argued that only indefinite strike action, nationally organised in conjunction with other trade unions, would be sufficient to stop the cuts.
Some members were already voicing the opinion that "when these measures fail we'll have to go for the indefinite action"
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