Chix strike enters fourth month | IMGpapers 1980

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Asian women. rejected moves by ACAS to intervene.

into the factory yard. One picket was arrested.

Berks. • SINCE October, 96 workers at the Chix sweet factory in Slough have been on strike for union recognition. When they joined the General and Municipal Workers' Union last year, the Chix workers found that the management refused to listen to their demands for better pay and conditions. The wage was a splendid 95p an hour.

Comparisons with Grunwick are inevitable. Most of those on strike are Management has refused to meet union officials and has The GMWU has called for regular support for the daily picket. A mass picket was held on 17 January, which was attended by two hundred local militants. They did not manage to stop the bus carrying scab workers getting Further mass pickets will be held. With the strike entering its forth month, and still solid, messages of support and donacions can play a rabcall part in sustaining morale. Send to: M. Aamar, 271 Goodman Fart.