ON MARCH of mounted picket of Prison, where a number of Irish prisoners of war are held.
Organised North England Irish Prisoners Committee, the picket attended by WaN people and received page treatment in the Hull Daily Mail.
Pickets have already been organised in Manchester, Wakefield, and elsewhere, next picket will Durham on 10 May. By Pete Clifford STONE Platt engineering workers, who had been occupying the Oldham plant which faces closure in December, have returned to work. ma Thement had threatened inmediate dismissat of the 850 Their seven-week action workers. With only six votes acainst. a mass meeting decided to go back to work on the basis of the following demands:
No compulsory redundancies or short-time plan to save 200 or more jobs; and extra severance pay for those made redundant at that time. says: 'We couldn't muster the muscle when we needed it. The Accrington CURIOLOUS.
of a combine organisation, the force of the workers' action was WEARCICU Union officials such as divisional organiser Ken Abbott and district secretary quick relure to work • Despite this setback, discussing taking strike action on 14 May:
ended a fortnight • working for six chairperson of the strike committee, and Bolton plants wouldn't take strike action in With divisions between the plants in Stone Platt and the lack solidarity, full-time Engineering Wally Jones were more concerned to get a the Stone. Platt.workers.will .be
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