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Socialist Press1977 1977-04-13Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 10 →
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Grosvenor. House Strike Committee, Transport Randolph Strike Committee, c/o 41, Bridge St., Osney Oxfor Linton Lodge Strike Committee, c/o 127, Botley Road, Oxfo Night Out Strike Committee, c/o Transport House, Corley Service Station on M6-the sole examplé of serious The strike breaking which has become a regular feature of the Transp ort and General Workers Unio i's activity over the past few months • is not confined to action against other unions.
The strikes for union recognition in the catering industry at Oxford and Sheffield hotels and in Birmingham were said last week by Jack Jones to be receiving "constant attention at a high level" in the union.
The continued sabotage of effective action with which the strikers have had to contend confirms this completely.
As Jones and the senior bui eaucrats who surround him well ki 1OW it is entirely their refusal to organise effective national action which has prevented the strikes from being won long ago.
The union's "blacking' of Trust Houses Forte, the largest employer concerned is a sham. And when the Grosvenor Strike Committee in Sheffield contacted their Regional Secretary to find out why it was not being done they were told it was none of their business!
It is no wonder Trust Houses Forte have the confidence to hold out, and the nerve to offer the Randolph Hotel workers in Oxford, on strike for four months, their latest terms for a settlement-no reinstatement and four weeks pay.
But in sharp contrast to the bureaucracy's betrayals, support for Donations to:
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Progress is being made to extend union membership within Trust Houses Forte and there is agreement from GMWU Shop Stewards for sympathy strike action in London hoteis.
Oxford Trades Council have plans for a country-wide demonstration in support.
As with the other marathon unionisation struggle at Grunwicks, the ultimate responsibility for these actions rests with the leadership of the unions involved.
If they had a fraction of the determination of the workers themselves, victory would be a formality.
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