TIME and again Michael Edwardes used the threat of closure undermine resistance to squeeze on King conditions, nion organisation. Yet the plen for BL offered by the union leaders could IN ORDER to Save BL for Britain, more than 50,000 (jobs have been chopped in four years; traditional, negotiating rights have been actificed; wages Been cut by 2 per cent, and massive speed-ups have been imposed.
In the latest round of atlacks BL shopfloor organisation and through under the banner of one of Michael Edwardes attacks has een couple with threats I closure an withdrawal of governmen money. Viable are told it Edwardes' plans other hand, we make a breakthrough and, become viable. This is ne when BL ecame a public cor anotner of this BL cars had peddled. In 74 BL cars 50,000 employees. Today there are 90,000. :Ten thou sand more jobs are due to go iccesse: BL sent inions have been noted b GKN are adopting a an Edwardes of its own.
Every success by BL has at the expense of Nages. Similarly way tops vy oluci car com panies costs workers iobs and 2.25m in Britain are the victims of this battle.
BL boss has jobs, pay, and dustry wardes exe 1549 Michael bal hands mat savagely. attacker BL PI an There is no future for BL workers down this road Any policy for BL has to be nie hole of the car industry it intain, otherwise saving means undermining Talbot, Vauxhall, Only by breaking with the can in the * 414 nerctore the whole o part of a which i organises productio Price Nationalisation without compenșation Akers" control is essentia accomplish this.
COUSE such a step is a long way present but socialists singue with michael ca naitive w explain that there with no loss of pay. wula salsa ftne bosses" *a cannot maintan jobs let them pay the price. not car
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hope to save fobs. PAT HICKEY, a TGWU shop steward at Rover) Solihull, looks at the world. wide crisis in the car in and presents workers afternative to Ea
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