LAST Thursday 1600 workers at the giant BL Longbridge plant voted decisively to take strike action, despite calls from the plant convenor Jack Adams to go back to work.
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minor additions to the labour on the tracks.
The unions took a weak«need noshion from ine start. even agreeing to lift an overtime ban in addition 1o the in• was e once or two sets of workers for taking 10o long lo complete the extra work that led to the vote for nowever. problems the union's eadership remains.
The fact that the strike 100k place despite the call t0 WOrK the ToIn ShOr stewards works committee inworkforce at evand and their to lake action defend their condi tions of work, This is what union leaders and mutants hut cine onlo revive penel fr the ability of the unions to win • concessions