FIFTY shop stewards attended a joint union coordinating meeting in Chatham last week.
Report-backs 02 Ve valuable morale boosters that she as kes in their in perky They also heard how Ayelsham estate had shut off. more ng and the strategic COCLYUH of Grain was thought to be a he sautang on or the isie matter of days.
decided to send out a flying picket to get out a smal group or worses whe were mougar to De me ones ones still working in the diviSeveral delegates registered their concern at the Icoresculatives -SOBUS OI DOCUMEVIL schemes and abandoning the am crits of the meeting, Municipal Union finished off by Dointing the finger at industry as the Kent workers' main target BE government as get the people with DIOLES because thes trade union movement has ever had.' leaving, the a visitor W..U TinanCi solidarity and publicity' were encouraeed CLPS prospective MPS and ask them tor their help. Labour Party members should make collections in their meetings AS the 102 V a social issue, MPs Manc Inemseives userul oy issuing countering propaganda that govern ment puts out. When asked HOW HEal in the room took over a laner one stewares raised their hands! Tom Ryder, branch secretary at Green Lane Depot spoke to Socialist Challenge.
*4,000 of us are out in the North West. In spite of the media attacks on us the strike is 100 percent solid and we expect it to stay that way. We recognise that this fight is against the whole pay policy of the Tory government which waterworkers refuse to accept. Tories. have the support of other trade unions. For example the AUEW are not crossing our picket lines and NALGO have assured us that they won't cooperate with troops.
•We'd certainly like to see the Labour Party coming out in support of us but some of them seem to be too busy attacking people in their own ranks instead of taking on the told us.
into the Thames or into the fields at Deepend'.
i ne tact tnat iney nave te pay management such a hig sum shows what a "desirable job got here added ounDs breakdown - Which they do every other day then we've e got to fish about to them. liquid but the •SOnOs reman and the smell is something YOU aDOl productivity in such a situation? ridiculous.
Roy Sinfield, Leabridge Rd Stores Depot would be clear to the public what is going on this, it's the government. should be a pay limit and that's it.
way to settle things.
structed the other unions to come out.
strike more effective. 'MANAGEMENT is being paid £865 a week to keep the pumping stations going here' R Todd, a maintainence engineering at Beckton sewerage works This is the biggest sewerage works in Europe. It caters for the whole of London. If the pumps collapse, they'll push the whole thing straight shouldn't be talking to management about that London weighting The only site money. And that's that -cluding crait: the building UCATT CisErace ficially declare our union's support for the water workers pay us. But we'll stay out THE LATEST offer is rubbish. If they came out and openly said they want redundancies, at least it It's not just the Water Council that's behind They've said there I didn't really want a strike but that's the only The union leadership is as much to blame as the government. They should get their finger out. Instead of wasting their time negotiating over nothing they should have inThere's too much talking and not enough action. We want an all out strike which involves the white collar workers too. This would make the
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This is the first time that such a meeting had taken place and was a useful organisational ad-
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