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COUNCIL workers in Liverpool recently defeated moves to sack 600 workers in the direct works section.
Liberals and Tories combined to re-allocate f6m from direct works to other areas and to authorise the serving of redundancy notices. Following the May local elections, the Such attacks had been one verboo Council Shop Stewards and 30,000 workforce, had been exsence since me eec. tion Tory government.
response was to call for all-out strike dancies in any one department, and a one-day strike obby the next City Council The Liverpool NALGO branch immediately began a Pro randon recting co including refusing to send rcuundancy TOUCES • boycotting private contractors dispute were a walk-out b workers in the city lighting department demanding that apprentice sheet metal workers whose training had finished be given permanent JOUS collec. nom s were crosca l protest against scabbing by On the 2,000 workers attended necune to support lc da the Council on 23 : July in By mid-August the jobcutting plan hreds. The Liberals did complete about turn and gave the guarantees the unions wer Alier being After given a Liberals will shy away fron workers une montas ahead. chen Plices othered However their cutting services increasing Malia. the Hius sinister of all rerusne in the as five years 3,000 jobs have been : by this policy Liverpool Woll l on theil aures arter taer recent vic the right to reverse but will be continuing and to get rid I of this Tory government. That volves nanonal perspective: and actions and that's why I'll be urging my branch to send Lamber conterence Local delegates Government in Crisis'. Spreading red among ½m white collars By Hugh MacGrillen Managerial Staffs, THE Association of Scientific, Technical and over 450,000
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