New Leyland threats to workers' rights

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LAST THURSDAY, 3 September, at a works conference held in the Plant, BL management again recognise Alan Thornett in any senior capacity should he be re-elected in the elections due in December.

Thornett, well

known as a member of the Workers Socialist League and as part of the militant ¡caucronio lo lue assemo Plant, has remained victimised ove. years now.

In April 1974, refused to recognise him in any trade union capacity.

Alter a month-long strike they restored his recognition as sectional shop steware. ou cornnueor refuse to recognise him as (COULY CORVCHOT For the past four years he ha beet elected deputy convenor workers in the plant. Each ume bL nas rerusea lo recognise the results of the Daniol.

Last year, BL personGeoffrey CuTeCLOl Armstrong gave an undernamonal COnference that BL would recognise hornett should he be elected in December 19o1, providing they had not been able to establish a legitimate case against him in the meanwhile.

Cowley Assembly refused to He gave an undertak ing that complaints would be dealt with as they arose. and no dossier would be compiled.

Now, dossier has been compiled ane issues brought in which create dangerous cedents for the trade union movement.

BL are quoting as a major part of their case two incidents which happened outside of working hours and are therefore nothing ever to do with BL.

The first Alan Thornett's presence on the picket line Adwest Engineering in Reading on 14 July 1900 - during the works annual holiday. After that picket hornett was convicted of obstructing the highway.

second incident, also last year, took place late on a Friday night after Trades council meeting Oxford Thornett was convicted of giving a black eye to Mick Soans, the then Levland workers president of the Trades Council. An argument had arisen after Soans, member Communist Party, called Thornett a 'scab'.

The other part of BL's case is 3 strikes which have taken place in the transport department, where Alan Thornett one of the shop stewards, since October 1980.

These particular Alan Thornett weyland LONGBRIDGE SHOP-STEWARDS