[and also agreed to consider the question of…]
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and also agreed to consider the question of the levy at the next meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. (13th Sept.)
These concessions-which still fall far short of what is needed to win the strike--were obviously made in an attempt to defuse the situation and to try and regain the control which was slipping out of their hands.
Anthony also revealed other motives for these concessions when he asked that the Strike Committee 700 workers at Export Packing Services, Banbury, voted last Friday to end their 3-week strike for an immediate £15 per week pay increase.
This was after local TGWU official Morris had opposed a stewards' recommendation to stay out for the full claim, and played up the management's threat to close the factory.
Management had m ret of the fact that they regarded Morris as their spokesman.
Indeed a letter to all employees from managing director Benham had urged all workers to attend the Friday mass meeting, saying:
"A mass meeting has been organised ... I understand your fulltime officer will be attending the meeting, and I ask you to take notice of what he has to say."
in other words management knew the content of Morris' speer: before union members !
In the event Morris' position. coming on top of management haring issued notice of dismissal to all manual workers, managed to carry a 3-1 majority in the mass meeting against the stewards' recommendation.
The EPS workers now return to conditions of status quo before the dispute EXPONT PACKING LIMI EPS pickets during their recent strike