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Sparks Walk Out on Pay

Socialist Press no. 85, 1 February 1978 · scan pp. 11–12 · about 227 words

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300 North Humberside ontract electricians mployed mainly on uilding sites, walked out ast week in support of heir pay claim.

The claim has been locked by government interention, since it breaches the 0% guidelines.

Employers, however, have eclared their willingness to ny the claim which including icentives payments, would id 22p per hour to the lectricians present rate of 1.53.

OUR MAN AT THE TOP ME?! TAKE A S KIDDING, LEN! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED... THE CONVENOR stated that no more than 6p per hour can be paid.

Ominous The strike has the backing of local EETPU officialsperhaps an ominous warning in view of the official "support" that ensured the sell-out of the EETPU lift engineers' 130% pay claim late last year.

As we go to press a mass meeting to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) is expected to take a hard line for the continuation of the strike.

AND?

LISTEN, TORYGRAPH.

PHASE 4? "NO WAY"' - O'Athall WAS WORRIED...

THIS PHASE 4 NEWS WILL REALLY KNACKER OUR CHANCES UNITY DONT PANIC. 'MAN)

OLD HAND AT THS GAME... 'TUST LATCH ME!

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SOCIALIST PRESS 500 demonstrators joined a march called by Sinn Fein last Sunday to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the British army's. bloody massacre of 14 unarmed civilians in Derry in 1972.

Biggest contingent was that

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reland: new guns not the answer

← Contents of Socialist Press no. 85, 1 February 1978