'WE'VE chained everything enough,' declared The plant on 4 May have now escalalcu licir completely sealing off the main engineering block in attempt to stop management from imposing compulsory redundancies on the workforce Metal donaly Box unions have accepted 9000 voluntary cies in the past two years along with closures ot entire The Shipley has LUW excluded TASS and APEX members who were not suel as the managems as management who didn't 'move fast enough' operation, said Richard. was SAS 30 men dressed in clothes balaclavas rushing around in the middle of the night chaining everything up.
set up an action centre: we've got a hardship desk, transport desk, and a place to get advice about the DHSS. like a huge union building little offices everywniels various aspects of our fight •We've set up rotas for staffing the place and everyone has a job to do The issue is clear. mere will Coll pulsory redundancy.
We've told Illallasculicul ready to meet, despite them cancelling a meeting Thursday, and despite them sending letters to our members' wives.
Richard went on, 'We're stepping up the action. We'll pickelng up - including some of management who didn't move fast Richard the head office in Metal Reading and our BOXI delegations are going out all over the country asking for solidarity from other Metal Box and labour movement bodies." Socialist Challenge meeting in East London on 11 Ray Giles, a shop steward from the occupation, spoke alongside Barry, leader of the Laurence Scott occupation which set an example for all workers struggling for jobs Ray explained how the company was trying to victimise the union by selecting three shop stewards for redundancy, two of whom are key to the national combine.
discussion followed about the danger of the AUEW national executive selling out the struggle happened at Scott's; the danger of the Bill for the basic rights trade organisation; and the experience the Staffa in East London showed existence of official strike DreaKers A collection of over £22 was raised and labour set up to build solidarity for the new occupation Metal Box is one of the main employers in Britain witl some 24,000 workers in 50 throughout the country. It is also part of a powerful multi-national South will Africa, Chile and India.
METAL BOX The fight in Shiples will have national and in signiticance and readers of Socialist Challenge al C contact the strike committee and offer all assistance in the form of: • resolutions of support • arrange labour move ment meetings • get official collection sheets Contact Stewards Committee c/o Mackin Westcliffe Rd.
Yorkshire. Tel 0272 590520.
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WORKERS SAY NO TO COmPULSORY REDUNDANCY