Secretary of Cleveland Associa Cyril other plants. I wire be Evans, L the May march in Bristol teard in theatre at 6.30pm at the alri •Youth Against the Tories hore gent. They 14 May. On 5 May, bund ending in a rally at Central Parl march and mass rally in - British Oxygen workers at the Hackney and Ipswich depots JAGUAR workers at the Browns Lane and Radford plants in Coventry last Tuesday voted by a majority of ten to return to work. They had held out against acceptance of BL management's 'slaves charter' after the return to work at Jaguar workers did not immediately give in even when Moss general secretary of the Transport Union, suddenly accepted the new working conditions and wages package without any concessions from management. A mass meeting at Jaguar on Wednesday 23 April voted to stay out on strike despite a threat from the company that they would all be sacked by 4pm that day. After the mass meeting the company 'postponed' the sacking threat until the following Monday.
The new BL agreement imposes immediate regrading on many jobs at Jaguar, in many cases leading to downgrading of jobs.
The intransigent stand of the vast majority of Jaguar workers was overturned through the offices of TGWU district organiser, Bill Lapworth, who persuaded stewards that the company would go ahead with the sackings unless a further mass meeting decided on a return to work.
The decision to go back at Jaguar has big implications for the whole of BL. The strike was constitutional and official threat to sack the strikers was a straightforward attack by BL management on the right to strike The fight is on in Jaguar and the whole of BL to build a new fighting leadership that will stand up to the management's offensive. The Leyland Action Committee is calling a national conference for 7 June to begin organising the fightback.
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Loca Сарая Азана а Deson (Detend Our Unions)