plant in Shipley West Yorkshire against enforcjobs in the British-based multi-national company Metal Box.
The unions had agreed to 27 voluntary redundancies among the manual workers but over the May Dav weekend the company posted notices of redundancy to 40 fitters According to Richard Lee, the works convenor EISO secretary the list, "just by has shop stewards on it. One whom they've tried to sack four The company says it selected people, Richard said ironically, the basis of proven ability and skills.
*The company has been threatening the any redundancy pay. The any redundancy Dav. funny thing is that the workforce don't seem to give a damn.
tion indefinite. company isn't backing down and were not.
ENCE SILE TACLON in the Metal Box chain that hasn't been affected. 9000 jobs have been lost in the last two years.
They're taking investRichard. "They've gone to abroad, said HITICE Socialist Challenge 13,May. 1982 Rage.14 350 ENGINEERING workers are sitting-in their ed redundancies. This is the first real fight over they're paying black workers ten per cent above starvation level. They closed down Namibia DELEESE COt political pro blems and have gone to Chile.
Been held to is ner At the same time th workfor n the UF has CCT. the chairman Metal Box, Dennis Allport, gave himselt a 97 per cent rise. from E34,000 to E67,000.
He said it was Justifica because he hadn't had an increase in two years!"
Lee told Socialist Challenge that labour movement Bob Cryer, Keighley well number Labour councillors.
The other thing is tha West COLASHLE LOULL Council has shares Metal Box so we'll be lobbyıng shareholders meeine in also be sending coaches down to the head office in Reading on is on the back ine Profits on the back Frank Gorton, AUEW shop steward at Metal Box in Hackney, commented on the sit-ir *The most significant thing is that not only ed compulsory redundanmaking three engineering shop stewards redundant they attack the whole combine.
'That the strike has been made official is thing. members must demand quick and effective sup port union to win this dispute.
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The CO THO response by the Shipley engineers deserves the support of all trade unionists and members of the *I would hope that all Metal Box trade unionists will their RELENTES also stake and give all suppor to ensure a speedy victory I'll certainly work explain me issacs ana wu support in London and urge all Socialist Challenge readers to do the same in their areas.
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