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November, ii1) Clos Ine Bedser. ortion : The seikes ent er - Wide Slabe As Bill Sirs points out in his inbecame convinced Secret BSC document •Do prete are sruth hales Option intended to buy our jobs with 'We tried to make the Corporation see this. . It was at this point that finally dawned didn't want to know, wanted to know.
"The whole nad been a gigannic noax at our ex per We had been fed this thread o- BSC's plans had never changnope in a cruel attempt to keep quiet until they were ready to give u they they'd never for viability today face even profits for ban on overtime?
the steel bosses :300 Sirs and a few SCUIC "The only thing Wing Walsh, much better starts talking about that.' the much , this would have gone would accept meetings with £6,500! 'YOU'VE got 90 days to change your mind about sackings or we'll start a That was the unanimous view of shop stewards at a special meeting on 26 June. Threatened redundancies, the 3,000 workers at BOC depots throughout Britain have called the bosses' bluff.
are prepared to discuss in the next 90 days is a shorter workweek or early retirement,' said John , the convenor at Hackney. . 'No one until the , company John Walsh has a shrewd idea of how to fight sackings. Pulled into the office by the manager at his depot, John was told how money he would be offered if he voluntary redundancy.
Despite telling the manager that he was not interested, John was told that he would get : sure whether the figure was high because of his 25 years' service to For because of his militant was certain that he wond have nothing to do with voluntary redun.
I have no right to sell my job because I'm selling away someone else's future, youngster leaving school for instance,? he 'I think the trade union movement as a redundancy. I wouldn't be working in BOC today if someone had sold my job.
Boulter, deputy convenor at who faces the chop if manage. with John that redundancy shortwould I get a job in Hackney today?' he asks. "They've closed
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