Dock strike continues

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Edwardes The value of mutuality on manning levels is demonstrated by the contrast between working conditions in Ford's Halewood plant and in the Triumph Spoke plant.

And even as Leyland attempt = tighten the scrow to attain Farts rate of exploitation, Ford == is itself imposing speed up as the current Truman carters must ignore some and stand corking DR NA. AT THE TEF Liverpool dockers on January 8 voted overwhelmingly to continue the strike which has shut down Merseyside Docks Harbour Company.

This is the first major strike by Liverpool dockers for four years.

The strike was provoked before Christmas by a management refusal to pay men of the twilight shift who •UST ONE WEEK TC THE RECALL CONFERENCE...

THIS CALLS FOR DESPERATE MEASURI they claim left early their buses.

The two men involved went on strike and management reallocated their work to other gangs without going through established procedure.

The issue involved is clearly a management challenge to the measure of union control of allocation oi gangs.

The Dock Company "FS TEY 5 300 Nots -5m) -157. at FEE ....DAILY RAG? LOOK, THERE MUST BE A WEAKENING IN THE STRIKE SOMEWHERI FOR CHRIST'S SAKE FIND IT AND COVER IT! MORE MORE POOR tried to force independent arbitration but this has been rejected by shop stewards.

On January 5 the tugboatmen, shore gangs and gig boat men voted to black any ship attempting to leave the port, so the docks are now at a complete standstill.

Today the remaining 2,000 dockers who work for independent firms came out in support.

MASS MEETINGS EGGS FOR LEN!

... SO IVE DONE ALL I CAN NOW IT'S UP TO YOU!

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On the Wednesday before Christmas the 11 week old strike at the London Metropole Hotel ended in defeat and the front in support for previous wage control policies, played a leading role in forcing the 12-month rule through the TUC. they made an impression on the weaker sections who had in the main not been active on the picket.

The combined effect of these being driven back to work and others who had Workers in a majority of the city's largest hotel chains, including Centre, Rank and Grand Metropolitan had, by now, submitted claims for this demand. That this figure though GMWU official policy company had sent out letters urging the remaining strikers to return to work. With a new situation developing the danger of isolation was growing and the possibility of saving the jobs of those still PHOTO: Laurence Sparham, IFL IMELY US IN ME HOTEL FATE ESTABLISAMENTS