Sandhar and Kang - divisions weaken workforce

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BY 14 VOTES to 13 the mainly Asian workforce at Sandhar and Kang in Birhave accepted Mullelall offer and management s returned to work.

They WOR , pay rise and union recognition, but failed to re-instate two key Baljinder Diane have been reinstated.

Baljinder Singh told Valerie Coultas 'We put all our demnds management and they were saying yes, yes, re-instate everyone. But tirst Baljinder must do a packing job. Baljinder is disabled and could not take this job. Management offered him £3500: 'But even The workforce met and voted 22-7 against accepting any sackings - at first. 'Then someone asked for a secret ballot and the vote was 14-13. But we agreed to respect the majority view.

The strikers would have been stronger if they hac regular strikers' meetings; and if they had been prevented from speaking to Labour Party and other trade union meetings by John Partridge, the local TGWU official. Such moves would not only have raised money, but confidence on the picket lines. personal and institudrawn up enable

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