BL workers have had enough of falling wages peed ups and job losse hey have had enough o deals bet ween their union leaders and management. They've had enough of this government.
When the BL workers voted to come out on 1 November, they knew they would be heading for a massive confronta tion the government. They knew they had been let down by the leadership of their unions time and time again.
But such was the anger and frustration at the derision and COMI tempt thrown at them by Edwardes with his paltry 3.8 per cent increase on the basic rate, the workforce knew that national strike action was the way istured as a newspaper with the Post Office WHATEVER the outcome of behind the scene manoeuvrings on the part of Duffy and Edwardes in the BL dispute, one thing is certain. The overwhelming vote in favour of strike action for f20 across the board increase was a vote to take on Edwardes once and for all to win.
Terry Duffy, president of the engineering union and Grenville National Officer of the Transport Union, only too aware of this growing mood resistance in the ranks of BL workers. they were forced to announce official support for the strike even before the vote was taken But the union leaderships don't want strike. They will be looking for a deal.
As Duffy said in an interview Mirror (25 October): the first time wardes) hasn't when there's been a pro blem. After all this time and the trouble we've sorted out together...
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