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Socialişt Challenge 12 March 1981 , Page 14 EIGHTEEN trade unionists - mainly women - at Royal Pride Furniture in Salford are on strike wage award and recognition of their union, the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades.
The strikers received the following letter from their employer: 'You are in breach of. your contract of employment by taking action which commenced rebruary 1981 and consequence you are deemed to have dismissed yourself.
'If you do not return to work by rriaay March 1981, this factory will close and the jobs of all employees will cease to exist.
VAL HARROP, shoo stewaru Royal Pride, told Laura Mitchell about the dispute.
'We were offered a 5 per cent rise whici wouldn't accept. We've had 5 per cent rises for the last two years.
Joined 'We only joined the union November.
Until then we'd tried to or a £7 a week increase le said he couldn't fard, "he said. ford 'He's had to sell his Mercedes for a Daimler and he's just back from staying in the tax haven payment of their 1981 national island of Guernsey joined the union the boss came out on top every time because we didn't know how to go about things. Men 'He's always threatening to close the factory down. It's like a gun our head. We need the jobs, we've always backed down.
*Since we joined the union, the boss agreed to give us the increa. But he wont agree plus the back pay. to union recognition.
'He said he can't understand prepared to lose our jobs over this issue. But we sav we need the union. f we weren't in the union, wouldn't have come this far. We'd have had to accept 5 per cent.
"The men were in the union but when they were onfered a rise, lncy left. So with one or two exceptions the women who are leading fight recognition.
'When the men saw the picket lines and saw how strong we were, they
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