workers Greenock women left their occupation only to join the Glasgow jobs march wouldn't cross them and HOW they're us. The boss wants to sack some of the men and bring in people from the Youth Opportunities Programme. only have to pay them f23 a wee There are nine women who are the main producers. piece work they all ạch item you make different priced so your wages depend on how hard you workie get f2.50 for. a chair that sells shops for f72; £1.05 for a stool that sells for just under f50, and f2 for a headboard that goes for £230.
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The Talbot Linwood shop stewards have called a West of Scotland shop stewards' coll ference to discuss their save 4,800 Coden lu jobs, and pride of place on the platform will go to Ellen Monaghan and Bridie Bellingham shop stewards at the VF factory in Greenock.
Collect Socialist Challenge spoke to them about the tion. Ellen spoke about the campaign: 'Support has continued pour in. The loca union and shipyard workers are collecting money each week for us.
'We've had girls out touring actorie Glasgow and Edinburgh We hope to go further afield with the tours this week Gardner's workers came up week. We talked to them for four They gave us nentv of advic on how to run the occupation and thev'll bi organising tours for us in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.
'We've not : organised it yet but we'd like tour South Wales and places lke unal. I'm surt ween get penty or supe port. secretary Jimmy Milne was down the other day and he called for full support for us.
Pounds 'It seems like every other union is supporting us except our own, continued Bridie. 'Last week Colin Tinsley, was up at full-time official, the factory 'He told a stewards' meeting that our struggle was hopeless and should consider the chances getting "enhanced payments' told him didn't start this occupation for few extra pounds but for jobs.
use would the money be to these girls that have just left school.
'He said it might take OI four weeks to get the occupa tion made official and anyway there would have be ballot of the members in the rish tac tories, because calling for worksharing! Sick If anything, the atficials has hardened us made official but we've WC Walll made it clear from the beginning that we'd go ahead whether it was made official or not.
'It would make you sick. In all these years we've never asked fol anything our union. Now when all we want is their support, we get this.'