Power Men Soli Out
Socialist Press1977 1977-11-09Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 12 →
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income than any other kind of unemployment.
They see too that the 'democratic'. rubber bullets of the 'democratic' armed police are as hard as they ever were and just as likely to be The vultures of the the power workers.
The leadership of the committee, by the limitation of their claim to fringe benefits, had shown themselves very similar to the Leyland toolmakers unofficial committee. Both tried to find a way round confrontation with the government on pay.
Although they have stood up to the leadership of their own union and to scabbing by • another TUC affiliated union, the power engineers" association, the committee caved in under the pressure of the press campaign, combined with the determined stand of Energy Secretary, Benn.
Yet again the power of the working class was shown by the fact that this dispute had the potential to break the coalition government, particularly with the development of sit-ins for the first time in a national pay strike.
But the power workers face the continuing problem of building an alternative leadership independent of their officials.
As we go to press the strike committee has declared that it is willing to return to work under three conditions:
that everybody is fully paid for the period of the work to rule; guarantees that their grievances will be discussed in the next pay claim; and the right of shop stewards to negotiate.
The committee has other words abandoned the original claim.
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