Power men prepare
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Power workers shop Power workers shop of 10% stewards have issued instructions to all power stations and depots to prepare for industrial action.
The stewards, meeting at the weekend endorsed rejection of the 10% offer with a £3.60 productivity deal and demanded that the leadership prepare a fight.
At the same time the stewards appeared to accept that the fight should be over bonus payments instead of a straight pay demand in excess 10%.
Correctly the stewards have decided not to trust Frank Chapple, general secretary of the EETPU. They have demanded full consultation with the rank and file before any offer is accepted.
The stewards are quite correct to suppose that Chapple is a management agent in their ranks. They are correct to guard against him.
The question for the power workers is however, larger.
workers iust fighting Chapple. I just fighting Chapple. To win their demand they nust break the coalition.
Only by mobilising the strength of the working class through the creation of councils of action in the vicinity of every power station and fighting for other workers to strike for their own wage demands can the power workers stride towards winning their demands.
First and most immediately the power workers must decide on all out strike action in support of their full wage claim.