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NINE thousand redundancies. plans by June 1982.
to keep their jobs to suffer too.
would be held over till 1982.
window. And 'voluntary' redundancies by June 1982, Of BA's employees.
days, is attempting offered three jobs.
blackmail.
will not take good care of its workforce.
Barnes Flexible That's what BA And not only does it want get rid of nearly one-sixth of the workforce, it wants those that manage BA management has announced that there will be no pay rise until September 1982. The last rise was due in January this year but was frozen until April. Part of that deal, which the unions agreed to, was that an increase in the London weighting doubt if there are management will use that to further hold down the wages British Airways, like many employers these to trample previous agreements made with the trade unions. BA has an agreement that anyone who is redeployed will be Now management has arbitrarily announced that only one job will be offered, and then out on your ear. The trade unions should not give in to Not fighting for better wages and conditions will not save one job. Certainly British Airways Barnes Flexible Packaging, Cheetham Hill, Manchester have followed in the footsteps of Laurence Scott. For the last three 240 workers have occupied their factory which is part of the Smurfit group. Management had announced closure of the plant after the workforce had refused to accept a 'Survival Plan' that NGA print union striker ex 'If we'd accepted the redundancies it would have been a victory for management in printing and packaging throughout Britain. They were taking us on because we were well organised.
The dispute has been made official by both the NGA and another print union involved, SOGAT NGA Father of the Chapei said that a national meeting of all NGA stewards within the Smurfit group agreed to impose an overtime ban, a work to rule and to allow no transfer of Early in the sit-in, Laurence Scott sent a delegation. Alan Knight, a member of the electri'union, found this very useful.
'We have learnt a lot from Scotts. We have to rely on our own strength. Of course we want national help, but if it's not forthcoming we want to Support has started to come in, including back'Overtime bans and work to rules are not enough in a recession. We need to stop production in all the other factories to Send messages of support and donations to: The Argyl Si, Heywood,