[at THE STRIKERS at James Engineering in Sheffield…]
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at THE STRIKERS at James Engineering in Sheffield have won their demands for reinstatement and full compensation for loss of earnings during the nine-week strike.
They return to work in a position of some strength despite the actions of the strikers' full time official, Boilermakers' district delegate Ben Nuttall in undermining the strike as reported last week.
Indeed he has now refused to pay the men the strike pay that he had promised would be paid to them once the dispute was over. The fight must now be taken up in the Boilermakers' Union in Sheffield to keep Nuttall to his word Also the best support miners can give the firemen is by striking on their own claim.
• Yet no NUM officials--not even the left-talking Arthur Scargill-are pressing it.
Kent miners were aware of need to "watch Arthur.
Bought off
'Scargill's not God". , said one, 'I don't think he is doing anything against the delay' Others argued that there were forces who wanted Scargill into Gormley's job so he could be bought off.
Gormley is reportedly looking for the 'golden handshake' with a couple of directorships already • lined up.
NUM branches should be pressing for strike action now and for building true Councils of Action to link ap with the firmens' struggle to bring down the governmeni.
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SULtALISI ENEsA Metnerta: 30 Notember, I5°In a move described by the 'Daily Telegraph" as designed to "assert the The local Oxford Mail has mentioned two names as tinuous witchhunts against Alan Thornett. He has repres-