AFTER submitting a wage demand of 35 per cent plus other holiday pay and retirement claims, was offered only nine per cent by the Coal Board last month.
This insult to Britain's miners has, been rejected totally by our resident Joe GormIey Once again he has shown a weakness: ship Scargill rightly ArLU crucise• cormiey lor giv• ing press statements before had been cone by eor tul tecu full executive Each time Gormley has FOR the third time in a year Leyland workers have gone into struggle against the attempts of BL management to the expense. the wages and conditions of the workforce.
The master Michael Ed- of Leyland boss vardes includes forcing dowr the National Union of Mineworkers meen tace wita leadle our union in the fight for wage The had same attitud file know this total LIC recall OuI Icaucls leadership elections.
the Nck otter Gormiey told us that he was and demand the ful wages 35 per cent. When questionec about e y ber cen offer he told the Guardian: 'Whether I would same today, having stalclcll NCB. is another matter He also salc would settle Cor the puing rate inflation put modestly at 16 pe Colit Ull we all know wat its nicare 22 per cent. with d eer like this there little • living standards are deteriorating.
The offer from the NCB amoures toon. would mean an across-the-board oof rise between Setal of £145m is available. servl cent NB 1s telling ine ame old story and pleadin poverty. average earring the At current carlss ul a mulic!
OCLOre Lar £73.50; LIt coal-lace worker gels a basic wage of £102 per week, and a or n i ai o bs be incentive bonus socakil, IOr my owl arce mual sures a navus If we were to win our full demand, give coal-face WURCH £7,500 annum the f10,000-a- I CH the press akabol year miner! Pressure It's easy for non-miners To make such statements, but speaking for myself and my comrades in the mining penny must demand the full £100 a week minimum tor surac workers, since the last was eroded : it was ment and the NCB are put- Sovetl •reSSuC miners. The industrial rela department the NCB has predicted thạt wịth oupur must mcrcase unrec fold from 1979 levels. Given Britain's large coal reserves Coa wea cerane au ude eno the century. any the full ONoverdei executive of the NUM will Coal Board, and than last time. With the pre- we hope to hea SCIl throwing worKer. on tue colc oy ln hour, should stand firm by their the miners leaders decisions secure reheit future members.
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