TGWU shop steward, BL's. refusal instate the eight Longbridge workers who have been victimised for protesting against arbitrary shows management's determination to press ahead with its round of attacks on the unions.
This is management's next step in pushing provisions of the Slave's. Charter' which union leaderships imposed in 1980. - The sacking of the eight, including four shop stewards, will prepare the ground for further victimisations ups.
Pathetic Michael. Edwardes and his team have been encouraged in their anti-union plans refusal of the union leaderships. to fight the 6.8 per cent wages deal imposed towards the end of last year.
In the current dispute the pathetic response of the union encouraged management in its tough line. stead of calling an immediate strike, the leaders have done possible to avoid the issue.
First they suspended -action pending the outcome of •the appeals, which.
to relay-offs • latest through the 92-page the the speedby the to eight. union When everything typically any report only yanuary. resulted in the reduction of the number of sackings from nine more than 1,300 workers walked out, Edwardes threatened sack all the strikers if they do for. work on case of pay demands The AUEW has instructed its members to report for work while the TGWU has called for an independent enquiry: the right-wing leaders condone management's imisations, while the leaders ask for an independent' outsider to tell them what to do.
No section of the leadership has responded Edwardes threat of sackings and closures the umpteenth time we've for an all-out strike. had such threats *by calling answer to Thus openly strikers.
vict'left' sIf cupied. So Wing •the members. © Leyland Cars At Longbridge there has not yet been a mass meeting. The Edwardes is mass meetings throughout the company to support the Longbridge Edwardes does carry out his threat every BL plant in the country should be oc far the leader ship show every sign of los despite the lead given by