Auew Strike Vot
Socialist Press1977 1977-08-31Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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250 AUEW stewards from all over Sheffield attended a special meeting on August 16 called to discuss the union's position on the 12month rule and on Scanlon's circular endorsing it.
This show of feeling forced Stalinist District Secretary George Caborn to promise letters and resolutions in a bid to reverse the position of the AUEW Executive.
Discussion from the floor showed overwhelming opposition to the 12-month rule and support for immediate strike action.
In response to this the TASS senior steward from Osborn Hadfield, a supporter of Socialist Press, detailed the £20 claim submitted by his members. a nich is linked to a demand :: = 530 30 wages.
Evertuall a resoon calling on the District Committee to call an all-out stoppage on September Sth" for a lohhs of the TUC was passed with only 3 adstentions Despite this indication of rank and tile pay militancy all eyes remain on the manoeuvres e: Ciborn -who seems already to be greparing to chime down on the 1=month rule issue. revealed which instructed local editors on how to block NUJ claims for 'house agreements' giving better local pay and conditions.
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It gives detailed instructions to refuse across the board pay claims-offering instead selective rises for company chosen staff-and to reject calls for fewer hours, sabattical leave, or manning agreements.
The document also remarks regretfully: "The law ... denies employers a convenient method of ridding the company of trouble makers after industrial action." The document is no more than ar embarassing confirmation of the political fervour with which Westminster Press opposes the union operating effectively for journalists.
It underlines the immediate need to step up the three month ois strike at Darlington as the NLI Westminster Press group chapel has proposed.
The National Executive oi :3= NUJ meeting last week took he weak kneed attitude of inste out what the print unions these:: about such a call.
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O Bren. INatsope Negs. Saga and the others made ::ez predictable decision.
They were not prepared in the strike to spread.
The proposal is to be dscuse: again at the TUC and Sorenz. Press urges all NUJ members Westminster Press to join che is::: in Blackpool on Sepiember # *orce the pan: un:on leaders implement the semestedio mecca di the NU member scied
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