THE FIGHT for jobs at Metal Box, East London continues. Nationally announced job loss of 300 representing 50 per cent of the workforce at the Clapton site have neither been confirmed nor denied by management.
The trade unions have responded by stepping up their demand for company recognition ot the Joint Shop COMLECC Recognition will ensure the maximum ordination of union policies and provide joint negotiating platform the ECULCOCILL workers in the factory.
Although management offered the accounting information to the union convenors and senior representatives was rerused as te confidentiality restrictions were unacceptable.
The JSSC has released up to me mute newsneets keeping the workforce abreast of the latest company positions. The shop stewards have also provid ed leaflets giving the facts on the redundancies.
For example, a skilled male worker would get the equivalent of one year's BURY'S TORY council, under pressure from the unions, last week told private contractors to return the tenders they had prepared for refuse collection, street cleaning, vehicle maintenance and public conThis venience tremendous victory for the 18 months fight against the privatisation plans of the Tories.
The OrLanIsCa Dy a TomIT CommIE tee of all the unions. It included a mass publicity campaign 60,000 distributed to every house une autonly. Memocrs or lne government union, NALGO. refused council And just before last vear's elecon nere was an a ou strike of staff, refuse collecdrivers and fitters prot TO MALG lan Stephenson, explained "All the unions acted together and didn't 1 nere going to be defeated WEIC Wherere was such strong trade union solidarity.
When NALGO members taking action, the manual unions threatened to saur dowe me whole amon ty if any of our members were victimised. We refused to put in a tender ourselves because we said ou TOUS WCIC HOL TUr INCILECI prepared to accept massive If you would like to be put in touch with Socialist Challenge supporters in your area or below Name..
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50, London N1 2XP pay for 11 years service. The shop stewards have also shown how voluntary redundancy payments afrect a workers right unemployment and social security benefits. Facts on the employment situation in London have been distributed According to the Department of Emplovment unskilled male worker competes against 16 others for each job and technical male workel against 15 others.
Messages of support should sent to the Leaders of the Hackney Borough Council c/o the Hackney Town Hall, Mare St, London E8; the GLC c/o County Hall, London SE1; Ron Brown, Ernie Roberts, and Stanley Clinton Davis the local MPs c/o The House of Commons for their attempts to maintain these jobs for Hackney. decision Woe seme a staff and manual unions have come together in action. But it ill not be LiC CoulCH Have SCL WILC CUL but not any longer.
that will urea But the unions do end attempts Hackett, year's NALGO branch president had this not only to line the pockets of LORY I DUN Is us a sual step in our fight against the Tories Wnie the unions should continue their privatisation plans the SCIVICCI gas, and oCa authority services, the only return a Labour communica- to nasonausation with no compensation.' would like more information fill in the form Send to: Socialist Challenge, PO Box
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