Militant sacked as TGWU official complains to management

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Tunnel miners, who last year hit the headlines by their occupation of a Finsbury Park site (above), last week picketed preliminary work on the new Jubilee Line at Bond St. tube station. 14 tunnel miners, members of the 1/955 TGWU Branch, were completely successful in their fight for severance pay of £600 from contractors Nuttals at the end of their job.

This victory will strengthen the tunnel miners in efforts to improve conditions as the building of the new line proceeds. Export Packing workers during their pay strike last year.

Morris made his complaint four days after he had refused to accept a motion of no confidence in the right wing convenor of the factory at a mass meeting on the sitecausing an angry reaction from workers.

Closed meeting

Morris had closed the meeting down, which resulted in workers gathering around PHOTO: Laurence Spurham, IL The ballot vote by Leyland manual workers to reject the managethe convenor to voice their disatisfaction. Angry exchanges took place.

Morris now claims that Pete Barnes punched the convenor in the backalthough he has only one witness against a large number of on-the-spot witnesses stating clearly that nothing of the sort took place.

The method Morris has used points itself to trumped up charges. The alleged attack took place at a union meeting. But Morris did not take the matter up within the union.

No representation Instead he went straight to management and got Pete Barnes sacked with no chance even of representation, since both the convenor and the union official who are supposed to represent him are laying the charges!

It is clear that Morris is out to witch-hunt leading militants out of a plant which has long been a problem for the officials.

Last autumn factory move. Now the problems of leadership for Leyland was on strike for six weeks against the government's 10% wage policy.

Now as Pete Barnes was escorted out of the factory, Morris has set himself up in an office on the site to conduct an "inquiry" into the TGWU 5/194 branch which covers the factory.

SIXTY CHEFS formed a picket outside Claridges yesterday in a spontaneous strike against the sacking of their GMWU steward for allegedly "putting too littie salt in the ratatouille"

This unionisation fight is simply the latest reflection of the growing militancy and class consciousness among catering workers. (See unionisation feature p 8)

3: OS33EVA And they were all in favour of participating in a Wednesday 19 April 7.30 p.m.

Trades Council Club "The Struggle for Leadership in British Leyland" ¡unday 16 April, 7.4!

Lecture Room 4 Digbeth Civic Hall unspoken coalition arrangement.

Friday April 21, 8.00pn iast Oxford Communit Princes St.

The Nursery Campaign and 1 he fight against thi cuts MARCH-from Charing Cross 1pm, Monday 1 May