Suppor Kleins strike
Woman Worker1980 1980-06-01Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 1 →
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The workers at Klein Bros, Liverpool Street, Salford have been on strike for twelve weeks. 70 of the total workforce of 120, mostly women, walked out when management refused to recognise their union, the National Union of Tailor and Garment Workers.
Most of the women have never been in a union before or had little to do with one. They had a couple of meetings with the union official, elected stewards and then asked the management for union recognition.
When Mr. Klein, the managing director, refused, the women went on strike and started to picket the factory. Mr Klein has given them all the sack and says they can only come back without the union and under much tougher conditions of employment.
The women have elected a strike committee of eight which organises the strike and mass meetings to decide on tactics. Members of the strike committee have been going round other factories and speaking at union meetings asking for financial donations and support for the picket line.
Their union official visits the picket line most days but the women don't seem to have a lot of confidence in him. He took the dispute to ACAS Continued on back page
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